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UNINA9910780086403321 |
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Taylor John C (John Clayton), <1930-> |
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Hidden unity in nature's laws / / John C. Taylor [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
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1-107-11690-2 |
0-511-61266-4 |
0-511-05213-8 |
0-511-15301-5 |
1-280-42051-0 |
0-511-17377-6 |
0-521-65938-8 |
0-511-30218-5 |
9786610420513 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 490 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-479) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 MOTION ON EARTH AND IN THE HEAVENS; 2 ENERGY, HEAT AND CHANCE; 3 ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM; 4 LIGHT; 5 SPACE AND TIME; 6 LEAST ACTION; 7 GRAVITATION AND CURVED SPACETIME; 8 THE QUANTUM REVOLUTION; 9 QUANTUM THEORY WITH SPECIAL RELATIVITY; 10 ORDER BREAKS SYMMETRY; 11 QUARKS AND WHAT HOLDS THEM TOGETHER; 12 UNIFYING WEAK FORCES WITH QED; 13 GRAVITATION PLUS QUANTUM THEORY ... STARS AND BLACK HOLES; 14 PARTICLES, SYMMETRIES AND THE UNIVERSE; 15 QUERIES; APPENDIX A THE INVERSE-SQUARE LAW; APPENDIX B VECTORS AND COMPLEX NUMBERS |
APPENDIX C BROWNIAN MOTIONAPPENDIX D UNITS; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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As physics has progressed through the ages it has succeeded in explaining more and more diverse phenomena with fewer and fewer underlying principles. This lucid and wide-ranging book explains how |
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