LEADER 04631nam 22006975 450 001 9910254624103321 005 20230929133913.0 010 $a3-319-20654-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-20654-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000539277 035 $a(EBL)4199185 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001597258 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16298247 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001597258 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14886549 035 $a(PQKB)10588732 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-20654-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4199185 035 $a(PPN)190880244 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000539277 100 $a20151214d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom Quarks to the Universe $eA Short Physics Course /$fby Eleftherios N. Economou 205 $a2nd ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (323 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-20653-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aIntroduction: The World According to Physics -- Part I: Three Key Ideas and a Shortcut -- The Atomic Idea -- The Wave-Particle Duality -- Equilibrium and Minimization of Total Energy -- Dimensional Analysis: A Shortcut to Physics Relations -- Part II: Structures Mediated by Strong Interactions -- From Quark and Gluons to Hadrons -- From Protons and Neutrons to Nuclei -- Part III: The Realm of Electromagnetism -- From Nuclei and Electrons to Atoms -- From Atoms to Molecules -- From Atoms and Molecules to Solids (or Liquids) -- Part IV: Gravity at the Front Stage -- Planets -- Stars, Dead or Alive -- The Observable Universe -- Epilogue: The Anthropic Principle -- Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions -- Answers to Some Unsolved Problems. 330 $aThis book takes the reader for a short journey over the structures of matter showing that their main properties can be obtained even at a quantitative level with a minimum background knowledge including, besides first year calculus and physics, the extensive use of dimensional analysis and the three cornerstones of science, namely the atomic idea, the wave-particle duality and the minimization of energy as the condition for equilibrium. Dimensional analysis employing the universal physical constants and combined with ?a little imagination and thinking?, to quote Feynman, allow an amazing short-cut derivation of several quantitative results concerning the structures of matter. In the current 2nd edition, new material and more explanations with more detailed derivations were added to make the book more student-friendly. Many multiple-choice questions with the correct answers at the end of the book, solved and unsolved problems make the book also suitable as a textbook. This book is of interest to students of physics, engineering and other science and to researchers in physics, material science, chemistry and engineering who may find stimulating the alternative derivation of several real world results which sometimes seem to pop out the magician?s hat. 606 $aAstrophysics 606 $aAtoms 606 $aPhysics 606 $aGravitation 606 $aElementary particles (Physics) 606 $aQuantum field theory 606 $aAstrophysics and Astroparticles$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22022 606 $aAtomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P24009 606 $aClassical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19070 606 $aElementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P23029 615 0$aAstrophysics. 615 0$aAtoms. 615 0$aPhysics. 615 0$aGravitation. 615 0$aElementary particles (Physics). 615 0$aQuantum field theory. 615 14$aAstrophysics and Astroparticles. 615 24$aAtomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics. 615 24$aClassical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. 615 24$aElementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. 676 $a530 700 $aEconomou$b E. N.$f1940-$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0624768 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254624103321 996 $aFrom Quarks to the Universe$92527937 997 $aUNINA