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Particle or wave : the evolution of the concept of matter in modern physics /
'Particle or Wave' explains the origins and development of modern physical concepts about matter and the controversies surrounding them.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- From myth to machine: images of matter from antiquity to Newtonian mechanics
- Progress!: from Newtonian mechanics to nineteenth-century physics
- A new arena is built: special relativity and the notion of space time
- The symmetry beneath: symmetry in physics: spacetime symmetries
- The machine breaks down: the development of quantum mechanics
- So familiar and yet so different: spin, quantum phases, and quantum statistics
- Forging the perfect tool: the development of quantum field theory
- Pieces of a puzzle: the physics of elementary particles
- Reaching the limits: the Gauge principle and the standard model
- Outlook: unanswered questions and open problems.