The Equations [[electronic resource] ] : Icons of Knowledge / / Sander Bais |
Autore | Bais Sander |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, NLD, : Amsterdam University Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (97 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Equations, Theory of
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical SCIENCE Physics / General |
ISBN | 1-4237-4626-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451362203321 |
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The Equations [[electronic resource] ] : Icons of Knowledge / / Sander Bais |
Autore | Bais Sander |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, NLD, : Amsterdam University Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (97 p.) |
Disciplina | 512.9/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Equations, Theory of
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical SCIENCE Physics / General |
ISBN | 1-4237-4626-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777562503321 |
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Amsterdam, NLD, : Amsterdam University Press, 2004 | ||
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The Equations [[electronic resource] ] : Icons of Knowledge / / Sander Bais |
Autore | Bais Sander |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, NLD, : Amsterdam University Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (97 p.) |
Disciplina | 512.9/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Equations, Theory of
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical SCIENCE Physics / General |
ISBN | 1-4237-4626-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820365103321 |
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Kwanta, kwinkslagen and kwakzalvers [[electronic resource] ] : essays and columns / / Huub Dijstelbloem, Paul den Hoed, Jan Willem Holtslag & Steven Schouten (red.) |
Autore | Bais Sander |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Disciplina |
500
808.066378 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HoltslagJan Willem
SchoutenSteven |
Collana | WRR verkenningen |
Soggetto topico | Democracy - Netherlands |
ISBN | 90-485-1326-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | dut |
Nota di contenuto |
Inhoudsopgave; Ten geleide; Meinstein; Alles of niets; Hoe meer je weet hoe minder; Universum incognito; Job & Head hunters; Op weg naar het Multiversum; Maaiveld als maatstaf; On fyik mit exappeal; Wetenschap als cultuur; Oestergezwam; Window dressing; Het veelzeggende voorwoord; Eerst geloven dan zien; Over nutteloze vernuftigheden; Geïnstitutionaliseerd wantrouwen; Eenheidsworst en de maat aller dingen; Luchtfiets of klapschaats; De biologisering van de wetenschap; De wetenschap het graf in geprezen; Metaforismen; It ain't necessarily so. . .; Blaaskaakmuziek; Stennis om kennis
Wet & WanordeHoe men een kip met gouden eieren slacht; Een ervaring rijker, een illusie armer; De universiteit een augurkenfabriek; The selfish genius; Door de bomen het bos blijven zien; Dwarsliggers voor inloggers |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784917703321 |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2010 | ||
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Kwanta, kwinkslagen and kwakzalvers [[electronic resource] ] : essays and columns / / Huub Dijstelbloem, Paul den Hoed, Jan Willem Holtslag & Steven Schouten (red.) |
Autore | Bais Sander |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Disciplina |
500
808.066378 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HoltslagJan Willem
SchoutenSteven |
Collana | WRR verkenningen |
Soggetto topico | Democracy - Netherlands |
ISBN | 90-485-1326-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | dut |
Nota di contenuto |
Inhoudsopgave; Ten geleide; Meinstein; Alles of niets; Hoe meer je weet hoe minder; Universum incognito; Job & Head hunters; Op weg naar het Multiversum; Maaiveld als maatstaf; On fyik mit exappeal; Wetenschap als cultuur; Oestergezwam; Window dressing; Het veelzeggende voorwoord; Eerst geloven dan zien; Over nutteloze vernuftigheden; Geïnstitutionaliseerd wantrouwen; Eenheidsworst en de maat aller dingen; Luchtfiets of klapschaats; De biologisering van de wetenschap; De wetenschap het graf in geprezen; Metaforismen; It ain't necessarily so. . .; Blaaskaakmuziek; Stennis om kennis
Wet & WanordeHoe men een kip met gouden eieren slacht; Een ervaring rijker, een illusie armer; De universiteit een augurkenfabriek; The selfish genius; Door de bomen het bos blijven zien; Dwarsliggers voor inloggers |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821148803321 |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2010 | ||
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Power of the Invisible : The Quantessence of Reality |
Autore | Bais Sander |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2024 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (697 pages) |
Disciplina | 530.12 |
Soggetto topico |
Quantum theory
SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory |
Soggetto non controllato | Quantum Physics, understanding of nature, technological advances, scientific achievements |
ISBN | 90-485-6288-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Table of Contents -- A preface of prefaces -- Introduction -- Nature is quantized -- Physics, mathematics and concepts -- I The journey: from classical to quantum worlds -- I.1 The gems of classical physics -- Mission almost completed -- Newtonian mechanics and gravity -- Four laws only -- Dynamical systems -- Conservation lawssubjectsI]Conservation laws -- Classical mechanics for aficionados -- grey The shortest path -- Maxwell's electromagnetism -- The Maxwell equations -- Electromagnetic wavessubjectsI]Electromagnetic waves -- Lorentz invariance: the key to relativity -- Gauge invariance: beauty and redundance -- Monopoles: Nature's missed opportunity? -- Statistical Physics: from micro to macro physics -- Thermodynamics: the three laws -- Understanding entropy. -- grey Two cultures -- Statistical mechanics -- Statistical thermodynamics. -- The ideal gas. -- I.2 The age of geometry, information and quantum -- Canaries in a coal mine -- The physics of space-time -- Special relativity -- General relativity -- Big Bang cosmology -- Cosmic inflation -- grey Much ado about nothing -- The physics of geometry -- Curved spaces (manifolds) and topology -- The geometry of gauge invariance -- The physics of information: from bits to qubits -- Information and entropy -- Models of computation -- Going quantum -- Quantum physics: the laws of matter -- I.3 Universal constants, scales and units -- Is man the measure of all things? -- On time -- Reinventing the meter -- grey When the saints go marching in... -- How universal is universal? -- Theories outside their comfort zone -- The virtue of heuristics -- Going quantum -- Natural units ©1898 Max Planck -- Black holes -- Black hole thermodynamics -- Accelerated observers and the Unruh effect -- The magic cube -- I.4 The quest for basic building blocks -- A splendid race to the bottom.
Fatal attraction: forces yield structure -- Atomic structure -- The Bohr atom: energy quantization -- The Schrödinger atomsubjectsI]Schrödinger atom: three numbers -- The discovery of spin -- grey Behind the scenes -- Fermions and bosons -- Atoms: the building blocks of chemistry -- Nuclear structure -- Isotopes and nuclear decay modes -- Positron-emission tomography (PET) -- Transmutation: Fission and fusion -- grey Chysopoeia? -- ITER: the nuclear fusion reactor -- Field theory: particle species and forces -- The Dirac equation: matter and anti-matter -- Quantum Electrodynamics: QED -- Subnuclear structure -- The Standard Model -- Flavors, colors and families -- The strong interactions -- The electro-weak interactions -- A brief history of unification. -- Supersymmetry -- Superstrings -- Strings: all fields in one? -- M-theory, D-branes and dualities -- Holography and the AdS/CFT program -- At home in the quantum world -- Indices -- Subject index Volume I -- Name index Volume I -- II Quantessence: how quantum theory works -- Contents -- III Hierarchies: the emergence of diversity -- Contents -- Appendix A Math Excursions -- Appendix B Chronologies, ideas and people -- Indices -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author:. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996589772703316 |
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Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2024 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Power of the Invisible : The Quantessence of Reality |
Autore | Bais Sander |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2024 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (697 pages) |
Disciplina | 530.12 |
Soggetto topico |
Quantum theory
SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory |
Soggetto non controllato | Quantum Physics, understanding of nature, technological advances, scientific achievements |
ISBN | 90-485-6288-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Table of Contents -- A preface of prefaces -- Introduction -- Nature is quantized -- Physics, mathematics and concepts -- I The journey: from classical to quantum worlds -- I.1 The gems of classical physics -- Mission almost completed -- Newtonian mechanics and gravity -- Four laws only -- Dynamical systems -- Conservation lawssubjectsI]Conservation laws -- Classical mechanics for aficionados -- grey The shortest path -- Maxwell's electromagnetism -- The Maxwell equations -- Electromagnetic wavessubjectsI]Electromagnetic waves -- Lorentz invariance: the key to relativity -- Gauge invariance: beauty and redundance -- Monopoles: Nature's missed opportunity? -- Statistical Physics: from micro to macro physics -- Thermodynamics: the three laws -- Understanding entropy. -- grey Two cultures -- Statistical mechanics -- Statistical thermodynamics. -- The ideal gas. -- I.2 The age of geometry, information and quantum -- Canaries in a coal mine -- The physics of space-time -- Special relativity -- General relativity -- Big Bang cosmology -- Cosmic inflation -- grey Much ado about nothing -- The physics of geometry -- Curved spaces (manifolds) and topology -- The geometry of gauge invariance -- The physics of information: from bits to qubits -- Information and entropy -- Models of computation -- Going quantum -- Quantum physics: the laws of matter -- I.3 Universal constants, scales and units -- Is man the measure of all things? -- On time -- Reinventing the meter -- grey When the saints go marching in... -- How universal is universal? -- Theories outside their comfort zone -- The virtue of heuristics -- Going quantum -- Natural units ©1898 Max Planck -- Black holes -- Black hole thermodynamics -- Accelerated observers and the Unruh effect -- The magic cube -- I.4 The quest for basic building blocks -- A splendid race to the bottom.
Fatal attraction: forces yield structure -- Atomic structure -- The Bohr atom: energy quantization -- The Schrödinger atomsubjectsI]Schrödinger atom: three numbers -- The discovery of spin -- grey Behind the scenes -- Fermions and bosons -- Atoms: the building blocks of chemistry -- Nuclear structure -- Isotopes and nuclear decay modes -- Positron-emission tomography (PET) -- Transmutation: Fission and fusion -- grey Chysopoeia? -- ITER: the nuclear fusion reactor -- Field theory: particle species and forces -- The Dirac equation: matter and anti-matter -- Quantum Electrodynamics: QED -- Subnuclear structure -- The Standard Model -- Flavors, colors and families -- The strong interactions -- The electro-weak interactions -- A brief history of unification. -- Supersymmetry -- Superstrings -- Strings: all fields in one? -- M-theory, D-branes and dualities -- Holography and the AdS/CFT program -- At home in the quantum world -- Indices -- Subject index Volume I -- Name index Volume I -- II Quantessence: how quantum theory works -- Contents -- III Hierarchies: the emergence of diversity -- Contents -- Appendix A Math Excursions -- Appendix B Chronologies, ideas and people -- Indices -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author:. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829601203321 |
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Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2024 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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De sublieme eenvoud van relativiteit [[electronic resource] ] : Een visuele inleiding |
Autore | Bais Sander |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (121 p.) |
Disciplina |
500
530.092 530/.092 |
Soggetto topico |
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Physicists Relativity (Physics) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 90-485-1001-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | dut |
Nota di contenuto | Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Basis principles; 2. The relativity of simultaneity; 3. Causality; 4. Dilations and contractions; 5. A geometric interlude; 6. Energy and momentum; 7. The conservation laws; 8. Beyond special relativity; 9. Epilogue; Literature; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910479933203321 |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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De sublieme eenvoud van relativiteit [[electronic resource] ] : Een visuele inleiding |
Autore | Bais Sander |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (121 p.) |
Disciplina |
500
530.092 530/.092 |
Soggetto topico |
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Physicists Relativity (Physics) |
ISBN | 90-485-1001-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | dut |
Nota di contenuto | Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Basis principles; 2. The relativity of simultaneity; 3. Causality; 4. Dilations and contractions; 5. A geometric interlude; 6. Energy and momentum; 7. The conservation laws; 8. Beyond special relativity; 9. Epilogue; Literature; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782437703321 |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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De sublieme eenvoud van relativiteit [[electronic resource] ] : Een visuele inleiding |
Autore | Bais Sander |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (121 p.) |
Disciplina |
500
530.092 530/.092 |
Soggetto topico |
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Physicists Relativity (Physics) |
ISBN | 90-485-1001-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | dut |
Nota di contenuto | Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Basis principles; 2. The relativity of simultaneity; 3. Causality; 4. Dilations and contractions; 5. A geometric interlude; 6. Energy and momentum; 7. The conservation laws; 8. Beyond special relativity; 9. Epilogue; Literature; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821839603321 |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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