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Doing physics : how physicists take hold of the world /
Doing Physics makes concepts of physics easier to grasp by relating them to everyday knowledge. Addressing some of the models and metaphors that physicists use to explain the physical world, Martin H. Krieger describes the conceptual world of physics by means of analogies to economics, anthropology,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2012]
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Doing Physics makes concepts of physics easier to grasp by relating them to everyday knowledge. Addressing some of the models and metaphors that physicists use to explain the physical world, Martin H. Krieger describes the conceptual world of physics by means of analogies to economics, anthropology, theater, carpentry, mechanisms such as clockworks, and machine tool design. The interaction of elementary particles or chemical species, for example, can be related to the theory of kinship-who can marry whom is like what can interact with what. Likewise, the description of physical situations i. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 218 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-206) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253006080 0253006082 |