Chaichian, Masud

Basic Concepts in Physics : From the Cosmos to Quarks

Abstract/Sommario: "Basic Concepts in Physics: From the Cosmos to Quarks" is the outcome of the authors' long and varied teaching experience in different countries and for different audiences, and gives an accessible and eminently readable introduction to all the main ideas of modern physics. The book’s fresh approach, using a novel combination of historical and conceptual viewpoints, makes it ideal complementary reading to more standard textbooks. The first five chapters are devoted to classical physics ...; [leggi tutto]
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Descrizione Basic Concepts in Physics : From the Cosmos to Quarks / by Masud Chaichian, Hugo Perez Rojas, Anca Tureanu. - XII, 377 p. 179 illus ; online resource. - (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics)
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Gravitation and Newton Laws -- Entropy, Statistical Physics and Information -- Electromagnetism and Maxwell Equations -- Electromagnetic Waves -- The Special Theory of Relativity -- The Atom and Quantum Theory -- Quantum Electrodynamics -- Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein Statistics -- The Four Fundamental Forces -- General Relativity and Cosmology -- Unification of the Forces of Nature -- Physics and Life -- Index. - Springer eBooks. - Printed edition: 9783642195976
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  • 530.1 - Teorie della fisica e fisica matematica
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  • ISBN: 978-3-642-19598-3
  • DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19598-3
  • N. catalogo straniero: QC19.2-20.85 (Library of Congress Call Number)
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Chaichian, Masud
Perez Rojas, Hugo
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Tureanu, Anca