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Cosmic numbers : the numbers that define our universe /
"Our fascination with numbers begins when we are children, and continues, for most of us, throughout our lives. We start counting our fingers and toes, and end up balancing check books and calculating risk. So powerful is the appeal of numbers that many people ascribe to them a mystical signifi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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©2011.
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| 520 | |a "Our fascination with numbers begins when we are children, and continues, for most of us, throughout our lives. We start counting our fingers and toes, and end up balancing check books and calculating risk. So powerful is the appeal of numbers that many people ascribe to them a mystical significance. And there are some numbers whose importance even transcends the supernatural--these numbers work to explain our universe and how it behaves. In Cosmic Numbers, mathematics professor James Stein traces the discovery, evolution, and interrelationships of the great numbers in that define our world. Some numbers, like the speed of light and absolute zero, are well known to the general public. Others, such as Boltzmann's constant and the Chandrasekhar limit, are known only to those with a deep knowledge of science. But these numbers do far more than the average person might dare to imagine: they tell us how this world began, the way we were and the way we are, and what the future holds. Stein reveals the manner in which certain cosmic numbers came to light, the dramatis personae involved, and cutting-edge developments associated with these numbers. Many are the cornerstones of grand discoveries and theories. They represent landmarks in the history of intellectual achievement. And the stories of these numbers offer a novel understanding of physics, chemistry, astronomy, and ourselves. Much more than a gee-whiz collection of numbers, Cosmic Numbers illuminates why particular numbers are so important--both to scientists and to the rest of us."-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |6 880-01 |a The gravitational constant -- The speed of light -- The ideal gas constant -- Absolute zero -- Avogadro's Number -- Electricity and the proportionality constant -- The Boltzmann Constant -- The Planck Constant -- The Schwarzschild Radius -- The efficiency of hydrogen fusion -- The Chandrasekhar Limit -- The Hubble Constant -- Omega -- CODATA note. | |
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| 880 | 8 | |6 505-01/(S |a The Rayleigh-Jeans Law and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe -- Enter the Quantum -- What Is This Thing Called h-- The Triumph of the Quantum Theory -- CHAPTER 9 -- THE SCHWARZSCHILD RADIUS -- Carl Sagan and Stellar Taxonomy -- The Temperature-Luminosity Diagram -- The Great Technetium Mysteries -- The Worst Experimentalist in History -- Cosmic Gall -- Karl Schwarzschild -- One Hell of a Party -- CHAPTER 10 -- THE EFFICIENCY OF HYDROGEN FUSION -- Solar Power -- The Green Twig Fracture -- Wilhelm Roentgen -- The Discovery of Radioactivity -- The Discovery of the Electron -- -- How the Sun Keeps on Shining -- Thunderball -- CHAPTER 11 -- THE CHANDRASEKHAR LIMIT -- Balancing Act -- Nucleosynthesis -- Why Does the Sun Go On Shining-- Chandra -- CHAPTER 12 -- THE HUBBLE CONSTANT -- The Period-Luminosity Relationship -- The Realm of the Nebulae -- The Doppler Effect -- Time Out: The Special Theory of Relativity -- The Special Theory of Relativity and the Doppler Effect -- The Expanding Universe -- The Size of the Visible Universe -- CHAPTER 13 -- OMEGA -- Einstein's General Theory of Relativity -- The Possible Universes -- The Greatest Debate -- The Big Bang -- Continuous Creation -- And the Winner Is ... -- Friedmann's Solution, the Critical Density, and Omega -- Dark Matter, Radiation, and the Cosmological Constant -- A Compelling Argument That Ω = 1 -- Is Omega the Whole Story-- My Favorite Universe -- CODATA NOTE -- NOTES -- INDEX -- Copyright Page. | |
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