Conversations on the Dark Secrets of Physics
The idea for this book began over four decades ago when Edward Teller began teaching physics appreciation courses at the University of Chicago. Then, as now, Dr. Teller believes that illiteracy in science is an increasingly great danger to American society, not only for our chil dren but also for o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1991, 1991
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1991 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Space and Time of the Physicist
- 2. Statics: The Science of No Motion
- 3. A Revolution Ignored, A Revolution Repressed
- 4. Newton
- 5. “Hypotheses Non Fingo”
- 6. Statistical Mechanics: Disorder Is also a Law
- 7. Electricity and Magnetism or The Structure of Vacuum
- 8. The Existence of Atoms
- 9. The Correspondence Principle: A New Science Based on a Contradiction
- 10. Wave-Particle Dualism
- 11. The Uncertainty Principle
- 12. Uses of New Knowledge
- Epilogue: After the Revolution
- Answers