02464oam 2200445 450 99646674230331620210609213421.03-030-63409-410.1007/978-3-030-63409-4(CKB)4100000011679140(DE-He213)978-3-030-63409-4(MiAaPQ)EBC6437747(PPN)252518209(EXLCZ)99410000001167914020210609d2021 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDon't be afraid of physics quantum mechanics, relativity and cosmology for everyone /Ross Barrett, Pier Paolo Delsanto1st ed. 2021.Cham, Switzerland :Springer,[2021]©20211 online resource (XVIII, 293 p. 79 illus., 48 illus. in color.)3-030-63408-6 Part I: What is science all about? -- The Ultimate Question -- The Meaning of Understanding -- Truth and Beauty -- Gödel, Hawking and the Foundations of Physics -- Part II: Today’s Frontiers -- The Incredible Quantum Mechanics -- Special Relativity -- General Relativity -- The Most Accurate Theory in Physics -- The Standard Model of Fundamental Particles -- How the World Began -- Modern Cosmology -- Part III: Open Questions -- Issues for the Future -- Appendices. .With the aid of entertaining short stories, anecdotes, lucid explanations and straight-forward figures, this book challenges the perception that the world of physics is inaccessible to the non-expert. Beginning with Neanderthal man, it traces the evolution of human reason and understanding from paradoxes and optical illusions to gravitational waves, black holes and dark energy. On the way, it provides insights into the mind-boggling advances at the frontiers of physics and cosmology. Unsolved problems and contradictions are highlighted, and contentious issues in modern physics are discussed in a non-dogmatic way in a language comprehensible to the non-scientist. It has something for everyone.PhysicsPopular worksPhysics530Barrett Ross809917Delsanto Pier PaoloMiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK996466742303316Don't be afraid of physics2468854UNISA03991nam 22009495 450 991095724560332120250609110040.09786613360519978128336051712833605199780230348417023034841610.1057/9780230348417(CKB)2670000000127707(EBL)815859(OCoLC)767502935(SSID)ssj0000550738(PQKBManifestationID)12204453(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000550738(PQKBWorkID)10509179(PQKB)11142704(SSID)ssj0001658588(PQKBManifestationID)16439400(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001658588(PQKBWorkID)14985413(PQKB)11724812(DE-He213)978-0-230-34841-7(MiAaPQ)EBC815859(Perlego)3503591(MiAaPQ)EBC4325485(EXLCZ)99267000000012770720151210d2012 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Happiness Agenda A Modern Obsession /by S. Burnett1st ed. 2012.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2012.1 online resource (193 pages)Description based upon print version of record.9781349331024 1349331023 9780230289567 0230289568 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Modern myths; Pursuing happiness; 1 The happy adventures of capital; The culture of capital: an overview; A reflexive complexity; The power of subjects and objects; (Too) fast subjects; The cultural circuits of happiness; 2 A happy policy; An ancient problem, and its modern fix; The utility of happiness; The utility of Utility; Historians repeat each other, history repeats itself; The political need for happiness; 3 Happiness loves company; Theoretical origins; A modern-day assumption; Happy workers?Champions of the new human relations4 Positively happy; The Manhattan Project; Principles of positivity; Historical and conceptual origins; A mainstream counter-culture; 5 Happy days; Knowing happiness; The happy death of god; 6 Happiness needs practice; 7 Happy ever after?; References; IndexExplores why contemporary Anglo-American society is obsessed with happiness. Striving to be happy is now a morally imperative pursuit. Through the lens of novel social theory, this book explicates how this has transpired as consequence of a complex 'conspiracy of coordination' between political, organisational and psychological developments.Personnel managementStrategic planningLeadershipExperimental economicsSociologyPsychology, IndustrialHuman Resource ManagementBusiness Strategy and LeadershipExperimental EconomicsSociologyWork and Organizational PsychologyPersonnel management.Strategic planning.Leadership.Experimental economics.Sociology.Psychology, Industrial.Human Resource Management.Business Strategy and Leadership.Experimental Economics.Sociology.Work and Organizational Psychology.302/.1BUS085000BUS097000PSY021000SOC026000bisacshBurnett Simon1981-1792005MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957245603321The Happiness Agenda4329974UNINA