The universe and the atom /
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World Scientific,
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Publisher Address: | Singapore ; New Jersey : |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/6381#t=toc |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xv,311pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-302) and index. |
ISBN: |
9812771050 (electronic bk.) 9789812771056 (electronic bk.) |
CLC: | P159 |
Contents: | 1. Early ideas and the universe -- 2. The solar system and beyond -- 3. Newton's ideas about space and time -- 4. Early ideas of motion -- 5. Newton's Law of Motion -- 6. Newton's Theory of Gravity -- 7. Energy and momentum -- 8. Electricity and magnetism -- 9. Wave motion -- 10. Relativity -- 11. Atoms -- 12. Early days of Quantum Theory -- 13. Quantum mechanics -- 14. The elements -- 15. Nuclear physics -- 16. Elementary particles -- 17. The sun and the solar system -- 18. The Milky Way -- 19. The universe -- 20. Speculations. |