The universe and the atom
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Published: |
World Scientific,
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Publisher Address: | Singapore Hackensack, N.J. |
Publication Dates: | c2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xv, 311 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9789812706065 9812706062 9789812705617 (pbk.) 9812705619 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | P14 |
CLC: |
P14 P159 |
Call Number: | P14/L699 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-302) and index. Early ideas about the universe -- The solar system and beyond -- Newton's ideas about space and time -- Early ideas of motion -- Newton's laws of motion -- Newton's theory of gravity -- Energy and momentum -- Electricity and magnetism -- Wave motion -- Relativity -- Atoms -- Early days of quantum theory -- Quantum mechanics -- The elements -- Nuclear physics -- Elementary particles -- The sun and the solar system -- The milky way -- The universe -- Speculations. |