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Annotation For thousands of years mankind has tried to understand nature. Exploring the world on all scales with instruments of ever more ingenuity, we have been able to unravel some of the great mysteries that surround us. While collecting an overwhelming multitude of observational facts, we discov...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bais, Sander
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Equations, Theory of.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Théorie des équations.
Logique symbolique et mathématique.
MATHEMATICS > Algebra > Elementary.
Equations, Theory of
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The tautological toolkit
  • Rise and fall : the logistic equation
  • Mechanics and gravity : Newton's dynamical equations and universal law of gravity
  • The electromagnetic force : the Lorentz force law
  • A local conservation law : the continuity equation
  • Electrodynamics : the Maxwell equations
  • Electromagnetic waves : the wave equations
  • Solitary waves : the Korteweg-De Vries equation
  • Thermodynamics : the three laws of thermodynamics
  • Kinetic theory : the Boltzmann equation
  • Hydrodynamics : the Navier-Stokes equations
  • Special relativity : relativistic kinematics
  • General relativity : the Einstein equations
  • Quantum mechanics : the Schrödinger equation
  • The relativistic electron : the Dirac equation
  • The strong force : quantum chromodynamics
  • Electro-weak interactions : the Glasgow-Weinberg-Salam model
  • String theory : the superstring action
  • Back to the future : a final perspective.

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