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Physics over easy : breakfasts with Beth and physics /
During a sequence of meals, the author relates the principal features of physics in easy-to-understand conversations with his wife Beth. Beginning with the studies of motion by Galileo and Newton through to the revolutionary theories of relativity and quantum mechanics in the 20th century, all impor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Jersey :
World Scientific,
©2010.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | During a sequence of meals, the author relates the principal features of physics in easy-to-understand conversations with his wife Beth. Beginning with the studies of motion by Galileo and Newton through to the revolutionary theories of relativity and quantum mechanics in the 20th century, all important aspects of electricity, energy, magnetism, gravity and the structure of matter and atoms are explained and illustrated. The second edition similarly recounts the more recent application of these theories to nanoparticles, Bose-Einstein condensates, quantum entanglement and quantum computers. By. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| ISBN: | 9789814295468 9814295469 |