02934nam 2200673Ia 450 991078853270332120230124191615.01-283-62986-00-253-00608-29786613942319(CKB)3360000000435668(EBL)1034718(OCoLC)828888982(SSID)ssj0000755509(PQKBManifestationID)11424386(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755509(PQKBWorkID)10730746(PQKB)10260085(MiAaPQ)EBC1034718(OCoLC)826449674(MdBmJHUP)muse24370(Au-PeEL)EBL1034718(CaPaEBR)ebr10607475(CaONFJC)MIL394231(EXLCZ)99336000000043566820120713d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDoing physics[electronic resource] how physicists take hold of the world /Martin H. Krieger2nd ed.Bloomington Indiana University Pressc20121 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-00607-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; DOING PHYSICS; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; PREFACE; 1 THE DIVISION OF LABOR: THE FACTORY; 2 TAKING APART AND PUTTING TOGETHER: THE CLOCKWORKS, THE CALCULUS, AND THE COMPUTER; 3 FREEDOM AND NECESSITY: FAMILY AND KINSHIP; 4 THE VACUUM AND THE CREATION: SETTING A STAGE; 5 HANDLES, PROBES, AND TOOLS: A RHETORIC OF NATURE; 6 PRODUCTION MACHINERY: MATHEMATICS FOR ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION; 7 AN EPITOME; NOTES; INDEXDoing Physics makes concepts of physics easier to grasp by relating them to everyday knowledge. Addressing some of the models and metaphors that physicists use to explain the physical world, Martin H. Krieger describes the conceptual world of physics by means of analogies to economics, anthropology, theater, carpentry, mechanisms such as clockworks, and machine tool design. The interaction of elementary particles or chemical species, for example, can be related to the theory of kinship-who can marry whom is like what can interact with what. Likewise, the description of physical situations iEthnologyPhysicistsPhysicsMethodologyPhysicsPhilosophyScienceSocial aspectsEthnology.Physicists.PhysicsMethodology.PhysicsPhilosophy.ScienceSocial aspects.530.092/2Krieger Martin H125017MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788532703321Doing physics3717230UNINA