Don't be afraid of physics : quantum mechanics, relativity and cosmology for everyone / Ross Barrett, Pier Paolo Delsanto.
Barrett, Ross (Physicist), author.; Delsanto, Pier Paolo, author.
2021
QC24.5
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Title Don't be afraid of physics : quantum mechanics, relativity and cosmology for everyone / Ross Barrett, Pier Paolo Delsanto.
Author Barrett, Ross (Physicist), author.
ISBN 9783030634094 (electronic bk.)
3030634094 (electronic bk.)
3030634086
9783030634087
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63409-4
Published Cham : Springer, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xviii, 293 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-63409-4 doi
Call Number QC24.5
Dewey Decimal Classification 530
Summary 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 paradoxes and optical illusions to gravitational waves, black holes and dark energy. On the way, it provides insights into the mind-boggling advances at the frontiers of physics and cosmology. Unsolved problems and contradictions are highlighted, and contentious issues in modern physics are discussed in a non-dogmatic way in a language comprehensible to the non-scientist. It has something for everyone.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author Delsanto, Pier Paolo, author.
Available in Other Form Don't Be Afraid of Physics.
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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. .

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