The equations : icons of knowledge / / Sander Bais
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| Autore: |
Bais Sander
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| Titolo: |
The equations : icons of knowledge / / Sander Bais
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, c2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (97 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 512.9/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Equations, Theory of |
| Logic, Symbolic and mathematical | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- The tautological toolkit -- Rise and fall: The logistic equation -- Mechanics and gravity: Newton's dynamical equations and universal law of gravity -- The electromagnetic force: The Lorentz force law -- A local conservation law: The continuity equation -- Electrodynamics: The Maxwell equations -- Electromagnetic waves: The wave equations -- Solitary waves: The Korteweg-De Vries equation -- Thermodynamics: The three laws of thermodynamics -- Kinetic theory: The Boltzmann equation -- Hydrodynamics: The Navier-Stokes equations -- Special relativity: Relativistic kinematics -- General relativity: The Einstein equations -- Quantum mechanics: The Schrödinger equation -- The relativistic electron: The Dirac equation -- The strong force: Quantum chromodynamics -- Electro-weak interactions: The Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model -- String theory: The superstring action -- Back to the future: A final perspective. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Equations |
| ISBN: | 1-4237-4626-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820365103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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