Physics : Imagination And Reality
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Physics : Imagination And Reality

  1. 592 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Physics : Imagination And Reality

About this book

Physics: Imagination and Reality introduces the reader to major ideas and the conceptual structure of modern physics, by tracing its development from the introduction of fields into physics by Faraday and Maxwell in the last century. Because the approach is historical, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the subjects. It should appeal to anyone interested in a basic understanding of the contemporary physicists view of the physical world. It avoids all but the simplest mathematics and presents ideas and concepts in everyday language.Physics: Imagination and Reality attempts to provide educated citizens with an understanding of contemporary physics and, at the same time, shows that its ideas have a grandeur, a challenge to the imagination and an aesthetic appeal which merit its recognition as an integral part of our culture.

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Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. PREFACE
  3. Chapter 1 SCIENCE IN THE MODERN WORLD— SOME OBSERVATIONS
  4. Chapter 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF NEWTONIAN MECHANICS
  5. Chapter 3 TWO SCIENCES MADE ONE: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
  6. Chapter 4 FARADAY, MAXWELL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY
  7. Chapter 5 RELATIVITY — THE SPECIAL THEORY
  8. Chapter 6 THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
  9. Chapter 7 COSMOLOGY
  10. Chapter 8 THE EVOLUTION OF STARS
  11. Chapter 9 BLACK HOLES
  12. Chapter 10 BLACK HOLES IN ASTROPHYSICS
  13. Chapter 11 HEAT AND THERMODYNAMICS
  14. Chapter 12 THE ROAD TO QUANTUM THEORY
  15. Chapter 13 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM THEORY
  16. Chapter 14 ATOMS, MOLECULES, CHEMISTRY AND CONDENSED MATTER
  17. Chapter 15 PARTICLES AND ANTIPARTICLES
  18. Chapter 16 THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS Its Constituents and Structure
  19. Chapter 17 THE PHYSICS OF FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES
  20. Chapter 18 THE INFLATIONARY EARLY UNIVERSE
  21. Chapter 19 RADIATING BLACK HOLES: WHERE QUANTUM MECHANICS, THERMODYNAMICS AND RELATIVITY COME TOGETHER
  22. APPENDIX
  23. INDEX