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Explaining the universe : the new age of physics /

Publisher's description: John Charap offers a panoramic view of the physicist's world as the twenty-first century opens. The view is entirely different from the one that greeted the twentieth century. We have learned that the universe is billions of galaxies larger than we imagined--and bi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Charap, John M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Physics 1900
  • 3. Heavens Above
  • 4. Chance and Certainty
  • 5. Order out of Chaos
  • 6. Your Place or Mine
  • 7. Many Histories, Many Futures
  • 8. Microcosm
  • 9. Weighty Matters
  • 10. Strings
  • 11. In the Beginning
  • 12. Down to Earth
  • 13. Epilogue.