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Hidden Unity in Nature's Laws.
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Hidden Unity in Nature's Laws.
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Title/Author:
Hidden Unity in Nature's Laws./
Author:
Taylor, John C.
Published:
Cambridge :Cambridge University Press, : 2001.,
Description:
506 p.
Subject:
Physics. -
Online resource:
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ISBN:
9780511612664 (electronic bk.)
Hidden Unity in Nature's Laws.
Taylor, John C.
Hidden Unity in Nature's Laws.
[electronic resource]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2001. - 506 p.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 MOTION ON EARTH AND IN THE HEAVENS; 2 ENERGY, HEAT AND CHANCE; 3 ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM; 4 LIGHT; 5 SPACE AND TIME; 6 LEAST ACTION; 7 GRAVITATION AND CURVED SPACETIME; 8 THE QUANTUM REVOLUTION; 9 QUANTUM THEORY WITH SPECIAL RELATIVITY; 10 ORDER BREAKS SYMMETRY; 11 QUARKS AND WHAT HOLDS THEM TOGETHER; 12 UNIFYING WEAK FORCES WITH QED; 13 GRAVITATION PLUS QUANTUM THEORY – STARS AND BLACK HOLES; 14 PARTICLES, SYMMETRIES AND THE UNIVERSE; 15 QUERIES; APPENDIX A THE INVERSE-SQUARE LAW; APPENDIX B VECTORS AND COMPLEX NUMBERS
As physics has progressed through the ages it has succeeded in explaining more and more diverse phenomena with fewer and fewer underlying principles. This lucid and wide-ranging book explains how this understanding has developed by periodically uncovering unexpected 'hidden unities' in nature. An illuminating read.
Electronic reproduction.
Available via World Wide Web.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN: 9780511612664 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:
121713
Physics.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:
96803
Electronic books.
LC Class. No.: QC7 .T39 2001eb
Dewey Class. No.: 530.09
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