1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003779159707536

Titolo

Critics on T. S. Eliot : readings in literary criticism / edited by Sheila Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : G. Allen and Unwin, 1973

ISBN

0048210323

Descrizione fisica

X, 122 p. ; 22 cm

Collana

Readings in literary criticism ; 14

Altri autori (Persone)

Sullivan, Sheila

Eliot, Thomas Stearns

Disciplina

820.9

Soggetti

Eliot, Thomas Stearns Studi critici

Eliot, Thomas Stearns Studi critici

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966729803321

Autore

Bais Sander

Titolo

The equations : icons of knowledge / / Sander Bais

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-4237-4626-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 p.)

Disciplina

512.9/4

Soggetti

Equations, Theory of

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- The tautological toolkit -- Rise and fall: The logistic equation -- Mechanics and gravity: Newton's dynamical equations and universal law of gravity -- The electromagnetic force: The Lorentz force law -- A local conservation law: The continuity equation -- Electrodynamics: The Maxwell equations -- Electromagnetic waves: The wave equations -- Solitary waves: The Korteweg-De Vries equation -- Thermodynamics: The three laws of thermodynamics -- Kinetic theory: The Boltzmann equation -- Hydrodynamics: The Navier-Stokes equations -- Special relativity: Relativistic kinematics -- General relativity: The Einstein equations -- Quantum mechanics: The Schrödinger equation -- The relativistic electron: The Dirac equation -- The strong force: Quantum chromodynamics -- Electro-weak interactions: The Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model -- String theory: The superstring action -- Back to the future: A final perspective.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book by the renowned Dutch physicist Sander Bais, the equations that govern our world unfold in all their formal grace and their deeper meaning as core symbols of our civilization.