Superstrings and Other Things

Superstrings and Other Things

A Guide to Physics

Calle, Carlos I.

Taylor & Francis Ltd

05/2020

454

Dura

Inglês

9781138364929

15 a 20 dias

1040

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Part I Introductory Concepts

Chapter 1 Physics: The Fundamental Science...............................................................................3

Part II The Laws of Mechanics

Chapter 2 The Description of Motion.......................................................................................... 19

Chapter 3 The Laws of Mechanics: Newton's Laws of Motion................................................... 31

Chapter 4 Energy......................................................................................................................... 45

Chapter 5 Conservation of Energy and Momentum.................................................................... 55

Chapter 6 Rotation and the Universal Law of Gravitation..........................................................69

Chapter 7 Atoms: Building Blocks of the Universe.....................................................................93

Chapter 8 The Heart of the Atom: The Nucleus........................................................................ 105

Chapter 9 Fluids......................................................................................................................... 113

Part IV Thermodynamics

Chapter 10 Heat and Temperature............................................................................................... 135

Chapter 11 The Laws of Thermodynamics................................................................................. 151

Part V Electricity and Magnetism

Chapter 12 Electricity.................................................................................................................. 167

Chapter 13 Applied Electricity.................................................................................................... 181

Chapter 14 Electromagnetism...................................................................................................... 199

Part VI Waves

Chapter 15 Wave Motion............................................................................................................. 219

Chapter 16 Sound......................................................................................................................... 235

Chapter 17 Optics........................................................................................................................ 253274

Chapter 18 The Nature of Light................................................................................................... 275

Part VII Modern Physics

Chapter 19 The Special Theory of Relativity..............................................................................297

Chapter 20 The General Theory of Relativity............................................................................. 315

Chapter 21 The Early Atomic Theory......................................................................................... 333

Chapter 22 Quantum Mechanics................................................................................................. 343

Chapter 23 Nuclear Physics......................................................................................................... 355

Chapter 24 Elementary Particles................................................................................................. 371

Chapter 25 Unifying Physics....................................................................................................... 383

Chapter 26 Superstrings............................................................................................................... 393

Chapter 27 The Origin of the Universe....................................................................................... 401

Appendix A: Powers of Ten 411

Appendix B: The Elements 415

Appendix C: Nobel Prize Winners in Physics 419

Appendix D: Physics Timeline 425
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Inertial Reference Frame;Round Window;Physics: The Fundamental Science;Young Man;The Laws of Mechanics: Newton's Laws of Motion;Magnet;The Special Theory of Relativity;Magnetic Forces;Elementary Particles;Vice Versa;Superstrings;Mathematical Expression;fundamental physics;Higgs Mechanism;introductory physics;Messenger Particles;physics 101;Gravitational Force;laws of mechanics;Hair Cells;relativity;Higgs Particles;modern physics;Color Charge;Electrical Repulsion;Virtual Particles;NASA KSC.;Alpha Particle;Young's Double Slit Experiment;Quantum Field Theory;Elastic Potential Energy;Cosmological Constant;Superstring Theory;Converging Lens;Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Combustion;EPR Experiment