Physics for Poets

Robert H. March (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

1995 | 4th Revised edition
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US (Verlag)
978-0-07-040248-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This updated text includes discussions of chaos, relativity, quantum theory and cosmology. It should appeal to a range of students, employing a light-hearted writing style and the use of descriptive examples instead of equations which make the presentation easier to follow.

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This classic text retains the flavour of earlier editions but includes updated discussions of chaos, relativity, quantum theory and cosmology. The text appeals to a wide range of students because of the authors entertaining writing style and use of descriptive examples instead of equations which make the presentation easier to follow.

Inhalt

A vast and most excellent space; toward a science of mechanics; the denouncement - Newton's laws; the moon and the apple; the romance of energy; one last part for the machine; waves; does the Earth really move; the birth of relativity; the wedding of space and time; E=mc2 and all that; did God have any choice; the atom returns; Rutherford probes the atom; the atom and the quantum; particles and waves; does God play dice?; Schrodinger's cat; the dreams stuff is made of.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.1995
• Zusatzinfo: index
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 230 mm
• Gewicht: 390 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• ISBN-10: 0-07-040248-5 / 0070402485
• ISBN-13: 978-0-07-040248-5 / 9780070402485
• Zustand: Neuware