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- English
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States of Matter, States of Mind
About this book
States of Matter, States of Mind is an easy-to-read introduction to the way the physical world is put together and stays together. The book presents the fundamental ideas and particles of the makeup of the universe to enable understanding of matter and why it behaves in the way it does. Written in an engaging manner, the book explains some of the intricate details and grand schemes of life and the universe, by making analogies with common everyday examples. For example, the recipe for a cake tells us nothing of how good the cake tastes, but is a model of the food, and a scientific model is no closer to the reality of the materials than a recipe is to the mouth-watering flavor of the cake.
Illustrated with helpful cartoons, this book provides a vast knowledge of atoms and atmospheres. The first several chapters introduce terms and fundamental ideas while later chapters deal successively with particles and systems, from the electron to the universe as a system. Each new idea introduced builds upon the last. A user-friendly bibliography provides references for further reading.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Chapter 1: States of Matter
- Chapter 2: Language of Matter
- Chapter 3: Patterns in Matter
- Chapter 4: Unusual Matter
- Chapter 5: Thermodynamic Matter
- Chapter 6: Interacting Matter
- Chapter 7: Fundamental Matter
- Chapter 8: Atomic Matter
- Chapter 9: Chemical Matter
- Chapter 10: Molecular Matter
- Chapter 11: Disordered Matter
- Chapter 12: Mixed Matter
- Chapter 13: Ordered Matter
- Chapter 14: Interfacial Matter
- Chapter 15: Soft Matter
- Postscript: States of Mind
- Bibliography
- Index