Doing physics [[electronic resource] ] : how physicists take hold of the world / / Martin H. Krieger

• Autore: Krieger Martin H
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.092/2
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology; Physicists; Physics - Methodology; Physics - Philosophy; Science - Social aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; DOING PHYSICS; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; PREFACE; 1 THE DIVISION OF LABOR: THE FACTORY; 2 TAKING APART AND PUTTING TOGETHER: THE CLOCKWORKS, THE CALCULUS, AND THE COMPUTER; 3 FREEDOM AND NECESSITY: FAMILY AND KINSHIP; 4 THE VACUUM AND THE CREATION: SETTING A STAGE; 5 HANDLES, PROBES, AND TOOLS: A RHETORIC OF NATURE; 6 PRODUCTION MACHINERY: MATHEMATICS FOR ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION; 7 AN EPITOME; NOTES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Doing Physics makes concepts of physics easier to grasp by relating them to everyday knowledge. Addressing some of the models and metaphors that physicists use to explain the physical world, Martin H. Krieger describes the conceptual world of physics by means of analogies to economics, anthropology, theater, carpentry, mechanisms such as clockworks, and machine tool design. The interaction of elementary particles or chemical species, for example, can be related to the theory of kinship-who can marry whom is like what can interact with what. Likewise, the description of physical situations i
• Titolo autorizzato: Doing physics
• ISBN: 1-283-62986-0; 0-253-00608-2; 9786613942319
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811639503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II