Physics In The Modern World
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Author | : Jerry Marion |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 582 |
Release | : 2012-12-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0323145310 |
Physics in the Modern World focuses on the applications of physics in a world dominated by technology and the many ways that physical ideas are manifest in everyday situations, from the operation of rockets and cameras to space travel and X-ray photography. Automobile air bags, drag racing, artificial gravity, and pollution control, as well as appliance economics, musical instruments, radar, and other modern phenomena and devices are discussed to emphasize the way that physical principles are applied in today's world. Comprised of 21 chapters, this book begins with an introduction to physical ideas, with particular reference to some of the rules by which nature governs the microscopic (or small-scale) world of atoms and the macroscopic (or large-scale) realm of everyday objects, the Earth, planets, and stars. The discussion then turns to the microworld of physics and its fundamental building blocks - electrons, protons, and neutrons - and how they combine to form atoms, molecules, and nuclei. Subsequent chapters explore motion, heat, wave, and energy, as well as the basic forces in nature. Electricity, relativity, liquids and gases, and radiation are also discussed. This monograph is intended for physics students who are specializing in other disciplines.
Author | : Alan J. Hirsch |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 664 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780471797470 |
For use in secondary schools.
Author | : Alfred North Whitehead |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521800617 |
Alfred North Whitehead's SCIENCE AND THE MODERN WORLD, originally published in 1925, redefines the concept of modern science. Presaging by more than half a century most of today's cutting-edge thought on the cultural ramifications of science and technology, Whitehead demands that readers understand and celebrate the contemporary, historical, and cultural context of scientific discovery. Taking readers through the history of modern science, Whitehead shows how cultural history has affected science over the ages in relation to such major intellectual themes as romanticism, relativity, quantum theory, religion, and movements for social progress.
Author | : Jim Al-Khalili |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2020-03-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0691182302 |
Scale -- Space and time -- Energy and matter -- The quantum world -- Thermodynamics and the arrow of time -- Unification -- The future of physics -- The usefulness of physics -- Thinking like a physicist.
Author | : Dean J. Bunn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Physics |
ISBN | : 9780701626020 |
Author | : Jerry B. Marion |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 717 |
Release | : 1974 |
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Author | : Edward Neville da Costa Andrade |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Physics |
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Author | : Keith Lockett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780521366908 |
Up-to-date information from modern engineering practice as well as fascinating insights into the lives of famous scientists supplement a readable account of the social, economic and technological aspects of physics.
Author | : Brian Clegg |
Publisher | : Icon Books |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2021-08-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1785787489 |
The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet. Physics informs our understanding of how the world works – but more than that, key breakthroughs in physics have transformed everyday life. We journey back to ten separate days in history to understand how particular breakthroughs were achieved, meet the individuals responsible and see how each breakthrough has influenced our lives. It is a unique selection. Focusing on practical impact means there is no room for Stephen Hawking's work on black holes, or the discovery of the Higgs boson. Instead we have the relatively little-known Rudolf Clausius (thermodynamics) and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (superconductivity), while Albert Einstein is included not for his theories of relativity but for the short paper that gave us E=mc2 (nuclear fission). Later chapters feature transistors, LEDs and the Internet.
Author | : P. C. W. Davies |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1984-10-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0671528068 |
Argues that the discoveries of twentieth-century physics--relativity and the quantum theory--demand a radical reformulation of the fundamentals of reality and a way of thinking, that is closer to mysticism than materialism.