LEADER 04767nam 22007695 450 001 9910300382303321 005 20220324204840.0 010 $a3-642-19598-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-642-19598-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000078618 035 $a(EBL)973551 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001049370 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11588412 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001049370 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11018923 035 $a(PQKB)10880152 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-642-19598-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6311249 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC973551 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL973551 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10976327 035 $a(OCoLC)898058959 035 $a(PPN)176110224 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000078618 100 $a20131028d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBasic Concepts in Physics $eFrom the Cosmos to Quarks /$fby Masud Chaichian, Hugo Perez Rojas, Anca Tureanu 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aBerlin, Heidelberg :$cSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (385 p.) 225 1 $aUndergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,$x2192-4791 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-642-19597-0 327 $aGravitation and Newton Laws -- Entropy, Statistical Physics and Information -- Electromagnetism and Maxwell Equations -- Electromagnetic Waves -- The Special Theory of Relativity -- The Atom and Quantum Theory -- Quantum Electrodynamics -- Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein Statistics -- The Four Fundamental Forces -- General Relativity and Cosmology -- Unification of the Forces of Nature -- Physics and Life -- Index. 330 $a"Basic Concepts in Physics: From the Cosmos to Quarks" is the outcome of the authors' long and varied teaching experience in different countries and for different audiences, and gives an accessible and eminently readable introduction to all the main ideas of modern physics. The book?s fresh approach, using a novel combination of historical and conceptual viewpoints, makes it ideal complementary reading to more standard textbooks. The first five chapters are devoted to classical physics, from planetary motion to special relativity, always keeping in mind its relevance to questions of contemporary interest. The next six chapters deal mainly with newer developments in physics, from quantum theory and general relativity to grand unified theories, and the book concludes by discussing the role of physics in living systems. A basic grounding in mathematics is required of the reader, but technicalities are avoided as far as possible; thus complex calculations are omitted so long as the essential ideas remain clear. The book is addressed to undergraduate and graduate students in physics and will also be appreciated by many professional physicists. It will likewise be of interest to students, researchers and teachers of other natural sciences, as well as to engineers, high school teachers and the curious general reader, who will come to understand what physics is about and how it describes the different phenomena of Nature. Not only will readers of this book learn much about physics, they will also learn to love it. . 410 0$aUndergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,$x2192-4791 606 $aMathematical physics 606 $aCosmology 606 $aField theory (Physics) 606 $aBiochemistry 606 $aTheoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19005 606 $aCosmology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22049 606 $aClassical and Continuum Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P2100X 606 $aBiochemistry, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L14005 615 0$aMathematical physics. 615 0$aCosmology. 615 0$aField theory (Physics) 615 0$aBiochemistry. 615 14$aTheoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. 615 24$aCosmology. 615 24$aClassical and Continuum Physics. 615 24$aBiochemistry, general. 676 $a530 700 $aChaichian$b Masud$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$040406 702 $aPerez Rojas$b Hugo$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aTureanu$b Anca$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300382303321 996 $aBasic Concepts in Physics$92517663 997 $aUNINA