Knowing : the nature of physical law /
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2005]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface : the book of nature
- Great expectations : to know all there is to know
- Ties that bind : four fundamental interactions
- In the eye of the beholder : reference frames and relativity
- Three-part invention : mechanics in general, classical mechanics in particular
- Mass as a medium : E=mc², plus the curvature of space-time
- Taking charge : the classical electromagnetic field
- Never certain : indeterminacy and the quantum
- The path not taken : quantum mechanics
- Symmetry perforce : quantum particles and fields
- Ends and odds : equilibrium, entropy, and the arrow of time
- Surprise endings : chaos and complexity
- Loose ends : the infinite and the ultimate
- By the way : nuance and elaboration
- Glossary.