Knowing : the nature of physical law /
Modern physics is difficult to grasp without the help of complicated mathematics. In this book, the author substitutes drawings for equations to illuminate the theories by which we have gained an understanding of how things are.
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Oxford ; 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.