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Autore |
Baker Gregory L. |
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Titolo |
Seven tales of the pendulum / / Gregory Baker |
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvii, 227 p. ) : ill |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pendulum |
Gravity |
Rotational motion (Rigid dynamics) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Formerly CIP. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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PART I: INTRODUCTION; What is a Pendulum?; PART II: SEVEN TALES OF THE PENDULUM; 1. Pendulums measure the earth; 2. Pendulums keep Time; 3. Pendulums measure fundamental forces; 4. Pendulums swing high; 5. Pendulums go chaotic; 6. Pendulums stick together; 7. Pendulums in the small; PART III: CONCLUSION; Odds and the End; Further Reading; Glossary of Terms |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Using graphs, figures & narrative to explain scientific ideas & models, Gregory Baker gives a lucid account of the physics of the pendulum, showing the reader how the context of the pendulum progresses over 4 centuries from that of a simple system of classical physics, to that of a chaotic system, & then to that of a modern quantum system. |
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