Vai al contenuto principale della pagina
Autore: | Bais Sander |
Titolo: | The equations : icons of knowledge / / Sander Bais |
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 |
Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |