Seven tales of the pendulum / / Gregory Baker
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| Autore: |
Baker Gregory L.
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| Titolo: |
Seven tales of the pendulum / / Gregory Baker
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvii, 227 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina: | 531.324 |
| Soggetto topico: | Pendulum |
| Gravity | |
| Rotational motion (Rigid dynamics) | |
| Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
| Includes bibliographical references and index. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | PART I: INTRODUCTION; What is a Pendulum?; PART II: SEVEN TALES OF THE PENDULUM; 1. Pendulums measure the earth; 2. Pendulums keep Time; 3. Pendulums measure fundamental forces; 4. Pendulums swing high; 5. Pendulums go chaotic; 6. Pendulums stick together; 7. Pendulums in the small; PART III: CONCLUSION; Odds and the End; Further Reading; Glossary of Terms |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Using graphs, figures & narrative to explain scientific ideas & models, Gregory Baker gives a lucid account of the physics of the pendulum, showing the reader how the context of the pendulum progresses over 4 centuries from that of a simple system of classical physics, to that of a chaotic system, & then to that of a modern quantum system. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Seven tales of the pendulum |
| ISBN: | 0-19-100484-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820050403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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