1.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00041451

Autore

CHAO Kuo-Chan

Titolo

Agrarian policies of mainland China : A documentary study (1949-1956) / Kuo-Chan Chao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Harvard University Press, 1963

Descrizione fisica

XIII, 276 p. ; 28 cm

Classificazione

CIN XII

Soggetti

Economia agraria - Cina. 1949-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911009145003321

Autore

Anderson Michael

Titolo

Physics and Modern Life : A Panoramic Overview of the Fundamental Science and Its Human Impact / / by Michael Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

3-031-77825-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (622 pages)

Disciplina

530

Soggetti

Physics

Atoms

Molecules

Optics

Quantum theory

Gravitation

Mathematical physics

Classical and Continuum Physics

Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physics

Optics and Photonics

Quantum Physics

Gravitational Physics

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1.Forces and Motion -- Chapter 2.Gravitational Forces -- Chapter 3.Work and Energy -- Chapter 4.Atoms and Hidden Energy -- Chapter 5.Human Use of Chemical Fuel -- Chapter 6.Electricity -- Chapter 7.Magnetism -- Chapter 8.Electromagnetism -- Chapter 9.Computers -- Chapter 10.Radioactivity -- Chapter 11.Nuclear Fission and Fusion -- Chapter 12.Waves -- Chapter 13.Light and Vision -- Chapter 14.The Electromagnetic Nature of Light -- Chapter 15.Telecommunication with Light -- Chapter 16.The Relativity of Time and Space -- Chapter 17.Gravity as Spacetime Curvature -- Chapter 18.The Quantum Revolution -- Chapter 19.Further Feats (and Frustrations) of Quantum Mechanics -- Chapter 20.Quantum-Mechanical Fields.

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces physics concepts and principles at a conversant but non-technical level. It also explores technology, with particular focus on two overarching themes that largely define modern life: our intensified use of energy and digital information. These themes take up several entire chapters (“Human Use of Chemical Fuel,” “Computers,” and “Light and Telecommunications”) and substantial parts of several others (e.g., sections on satellites and GPS, telegraph and telephone networks, generators and transformers, nuclear power, and solid-state technologies). The themes of energy and information highlight the pertinence of physics and facilitate a big-picture understanding of how life today differs from that of two hundred or two thousand years ago. The book grew out of lecture notes for a one-semester college physics course for non-science majors, so it could be useful to instructors and students of similar courses. The abundance of material offers some freedom in the design of such a course. However, the author hopes that the combination of conceptual depth and informal tone will appeal to a more diverse audience united by a genuine curiosity regarding science and technology. That audience might include pursuers of continuing education as well as physics majors looking for a lighter conceptual supplement to give context to their more technical coursework.