Theoretical concepts in physics:an alternative view of theoretical reasoning in physics
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, U.K. New York |
Publication Dates: | 2003. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Carrier Form: | xvii, 569 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
052152878X (pbk.) 0521821266 |
Index Number: | O4 |
CLC: | O4 |
Call Number: | O4/L849/2nd ed. |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The Origins of Newton's Law of Gravitation -- From Ptolemy to Kepler - the Copernican revolution -- Galileo and the nature of the physical sciences -- Newton and the law of gravity -- Maxwell's Equations -- The origin of Maxwell's equations -- How to rewrite the history of electromagnetism -- Mechanics and Dynamics - Linear and Non-linear -- Approaches to mechanics and dynamics -- Dimensional analysis, chaos and self-organised criticality -- Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics -- Basic thermodynamics -- Kinetic theory and the origin of statistical mechanics -- The Origins of the Concept of Quanta -- Black-body radiation up to 1895 -- 1895-1900: Planck and the spectrum of black-body radiation -- Planck's theory of black-body radiation -- Einstein and the quantisation of light -- The triumph of the quantum hypothesis -- Special Relativity -- Special relativity - a study of invariance -- General Relativity and Cosmology -- An introduction to general relativity -- The technology of cosmology -- Cosmology. |