The world according to physics /

"This book frames the nature and importance of modern physics in an accessible, compelling, succinct way, showing lay readers that physics is crucial to our modern understanding of the world--and indeed the world as we currently know and experience it. Through the narrative, the book naturally...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Physics > Popular works.
Physique > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Physics
Quantum mechanics.
big bang.
black holes.
future of physics.
gravity.
multiverse.
relativity.
space-time.
string theory.
Popular works
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The awe of understanding
  • Scale
  • Space and time
  • Energy and matter
  • The quantum world
  • Thermodynamics and the arrow of time
  • Unification
  • The future of physics
  • The usefulness of physics
  • Thinking like a physicist.

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