Don't Be Afraid of Physics Quantum Mechanics, Relativity and Cosmology for Everyone
With the aid of entertaining short stories, anecdotes, lucid explanations and straight-forward figures, this book challenges the perception that the world of physics is inaccessible to the non-expert. Beginning with Neanderthal man, it traces the evolution of human reason and understanding from para...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2021, 2021
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: What is science all about?
- The Ultimate Question
- The Meaning of Understanding
- Truth and Beauty
- Gödel, Hawking and the Foundations of Physics
- Part II: Today’s Frontiers
- The Incredible Quantum Mechanics
- Special Relativity
- General Relativity
- The Most Accurate Theory in Physics
- The Standard Model of Fundamental Particles
- How the World Began
- Modern Cosmology
- Part III: Open Questions
- Issues for the Future
- Appendices.