Unifying the Universe: The Physics of Heaven and Earth
Autor Hasan S. Padamseeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2021
This second edition maintains its unique approach in crossing boundaries between physics and humanities, with connections to art, poetry, history, and philosophy. It explores how the process of scientific thought is inextricably linked with cultural, creative, and aesthetic aspects of human endeavor, opening the readers up to new ways of looking at the world.
The text has been fully updated throughout to address current and exciting new topics in the field, such as exo-planets, the accelerating Universe, dark matter, dark energy, gravitational waves, super-symmetry, string theory, big bang cosmology, and the Higgs boson. There is also an entirely new chapter on the Quantum World, which connects the fascinating topics of quantum entanglement and quantum computing.
Key Features:
- Provides a solid, yet accessible, background to basic physics without complex mathematics
- Uses a human interest approach to show how science is significant for more than its technological consequences
- Discusses the arts and philosophies of historical periods that are pertinent to the subject
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781032174815
ISBN-10: 1032174811
Pagini: 508
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:2nd edition
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
ISBN-10: 1032174811
Pagini: 508
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:2nd edition
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
Public țintă
Undergraduate CoreCuprins
Part 1: The Earth. 1. The Shapes of Nature: Beginnings of Scientific Thought. 2. Matter in Motion - An Elementary Quest: Beyond Reason and Observation. 3. Science Lost, Science Regained: The Rise of Empiricism. 4. Terrestrial Motion: Dynamic Symmetries. Part 2: The Heavens. 5. Celestial Motion: A Heavenly Romance with the Solar System. 6. Spherical Models: Scaling the Cosmos. 7. Reformation and Revolution: Changing Perspectives. 8. Laws of Motion in the Heavens: Opening New Doors through Precision. 9. A New Heaven: A Wide-Open Universe. Part 3: Synthesis. 10. Rise of the Mechanical Universe: Unifying Space and Time. 11. Universal Gravitation: The First Synthesis. 12. Quantum Wonderland. 13. Unity in Physics.
Notă biografică
Hasan Padamsee is a Professor at Cornell University. He received his BS in Physics from Brandeis University in 1967, and his PhD in Physics from Northeastern University, Boston Mass, in 1973. He later worked at Cornell University in Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) science and technology, creating applications for particle accelerators. In 1990, he launched the TeV Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator (TESLA) which morphed into the TESLA collaboration headed by DESY, and subsequently into the International Linear Collider (ILC). Prof Padamsee received the IEEE Particle Accelerator and Science Technology (PAST) in 2012 and the APS Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators in 2015. In 2014, Fermilab appointed Prof. Padamsee as the Head of the Technical Division to oversee the development of SRF for the Linac Coherent Light Source –II at SLAC, as well as for Proton Improvement Program (PIP-II) at Fermilab.
Recenzii
Praise for the first edition:
"Unifying the Universe is a masterful synthesis of humanity's long search to understand the deep workings of the universe. Richly illustrated and expertly told, you want to read this book slowly to savour our species' bold and creative attempts to understand our place in the cosmos."
—Professor Brian Greene, Columbia University, author of "The Elegant Universe", "Fabric of the Cosmos", and “The Hidden Reality”
“… a beautiful discussion of the progression of our understanding of the physical world and universe. The book is ideally suited to provide a scientific background for university students not majoring in science."
—Professor David Lee (Nobel Laureate in Physics), Cornell University
"Unifying the Universe is a masterful synthesis of humanity's long search to understand the deep workings of the universe. Richly illustrated and expertly told, you want to read this book slowly to savour our species' bold and creative attempts to understand our place in the cosmos."
—Professor Brian Greene, Columbia University, author of "The Elegant Universe", "Fabric of the Cosmos", and “The Hidden Reality”
“… a beautiful discussion of the progression of our understanding of the physical world and universe. The book is ideally suited to provide a scientific background for university students not majoring in science."
—Professor David Lee (Nobel Laureate in Physics), Cornell University
Descriere
Fully updated throughout, with a new chapter on the 'Quantum World' and supplementary video resources, this new edition includes clear and well-planned links to the arts and philosophies of relevant historical periods to bring science and the humanities together.