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From Quarks to the Universe A Short Physics Course /
This book takes the reader for a short journey over the structures of matter showing that their main properties can be obtained even at a quantitative level with a minimum background knowledge including, besides first year calculus and physics, the extensive use of dimensional analysis and the three...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. 2016. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The World According to Physics
- Part I: Three Key Ideas and a Shortcut
- The Atomic Idea
- The Wave-Particle Duality
- Equilibrium and Minimization of Total Energy
- Dimensional Analysis: A Shortcut to Physics Relations
- Part II: Structures Mediated by Strong Interactions
- From Quark and Gluons to Hadrons
- From Protons and Neutrons to Nuclei
- Part III: The Realm of Electromagnetism
- From Nuclei and Electrons to Atoms
- From Atoms to Molecules
- From Atoms and Molecules to Solids (or Liquids)
- Part IV: Gravity at the Front Stage
- Planets
- Stars, Dead or Alive
- The Observable Universe
- Epilogue: The Anthropic Principle
- Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions
- Answers to Some Unsolved Problems.