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The universe and the atom / Don Lichtenberg.
Author
Lichtenberg, D. B. (Don Bernett), 1928-
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English
Published/Created
Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2007.
Description
xv, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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QC806 .L53 2007
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Cosmic physics
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Cosmology
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"This is an account of the very large and the very small, from the universe as a whole to subatomic physics. It includes qualitative explanations of quantum mechanics and relativity, the big bang with inflation, the synthesis of elements, atoms, nuclei, subnuclear physics, quarks, leptons, and other elementary particles. It also gives an account of dark matter and dark energy. In summary, it provides an overview of what we know about the universe and what it is made of, and also what we don't know."--Jacket.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-302) and index.
Contents
Preface
1. Early ideas about the universe
1.1 The earth
1.2. The heavens
1.3. The views of Aristotle and Aristarchus
1.4. The Copernican revolution
2. The solar system and beyond
2.1. Elliptical orbits
2.2. Galileo's contributions
2.3. The stars
3. Newton's ideas about space and time
3.1. Infinite space
3.2. Infinite time
3.3. Scalars and vectors
3.4. Four-dimensional spacetime
3.5. Velocity and acceleration
4. Early ideas of motion
4.1. Zeno's paradoxes
4.2. Aristotle's views on motion
4.3. Galileo on motion
5. Newton's laws of motion
5.1. The first law
5.2. The second law
5.3. The third law
5.4. Frames of reference
6. Newton's theory of gravity
6.1. An apple and the moon
6.2. Action at a distance
6.3. Fields
7. Energy and momentum
7.1. Work
7.2. Energy
7.3. Conservation of energy
7.4. Momentum
7.5. Conservation of momentum
7.6. Angular momentum.
8. Electricity and magnetism
8.1. Electricity
8.2. Magnetism
8.3. Electromagnetism
9. Wave motion
9.1. Sound waves
9.2. The Doppler effect for sound
9.3. Light waves
9.4. The Doppler effect for light
10. Relativity
10.1. Limitations of Newton's laws
10.2. New laws of motion
10.3. The twin paradox
10.4. Light as a limiting speed
10.5. The equivalence principle
10.6. Gravity as curved spacetime
10.7. Black holes
11. Atoms
11.1 Early ideas on atoms
11.2. Evidence for the existence of atoms
11.3. The composition of atoms
11.4. The atomic nucleus
12. Early days of quantum theory
12.1. Blackbody radiation
12.2. Photoelectric effect
12.3. Line spectra
12.4. Bohr model of the atom
13. Quantum mechanics
13.1. Particle waves
13.2. Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics
13.3. Heisenberg's uncertainty relations
13.4 Interference in quantum mechanics
13.5. Relativistic quantum mechanics
13.6. Spin and statistics
13.7. Entanglement.
14. The elements
14.1. Quantum restrictions on angular momentum
14.2. Building up the elements
14.3. Compounds
15. Nuclear physics
15.1. The strong force
15.2. Atomic nuclei
15.3. Nuclear fusion
15.4. More about radioactivity
15.5. Nuclear fission
16. Elementary particles
16.1. What is an elementary particle?
16.2. The fundamental strong force
16.3. The weak force
16.4. The standard model
17. The sun and the solar system
17.1. The sun
17.2. The planets
18. The milky way
18.1. The stars
18.2. Stellar evolution
18.3. The galaxy
19. The universe
19.1. Expansion of the universe
19.2. The cosmic microwave background radiation
19.3. The big bang
19.4. Inflation
19.5. What is the universe made of?
20. Speculations
20.1. Supersymmetry
20.2. Superstrings.
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ISBN
9789812706065
9812706062
9789812705617 ((pbk.))
9812705619 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2010279232
OCLC
148861349
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