The Quest for Unity: The Adventure of Physics - Rilegato

Klein, Etienne; Lachieze-Rey, Marc

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 019512085X ISBN 13: 9780195120851

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 1999

Riassunto

Quantum physicist Etienne Klein and astrophysicist Marc Lachieze-Rey present and comment on the successive unifications that have marked the fundamental advances in physics. A good deal of modern theoretical physics is lightly and gracefully explained, rooted in a philosophical examination of the motivations that drive physicists and physics. The book is a discourse on the nature of elegance and beauty in physics, seeking to explain how and why beauty is a reliable guide in the ongoing search for Truth in physics.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Etienne Klein and Marc Lachieze-Rey are both scientists with the Atomic Energy Commission in Sacey, France.Axel Reisinger is a scientist at Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Contenuti:

• Introduction
• The Greek Conceptions of Unity
• The Official Birth of Physics
• The History of Physics: A Series of Unifications
• Modern Unifications
• The Unity of Physics
• Dreams of Unity at the Close of the Twentieth Century
• Conclusion

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 019512085X
• ISBN 13: 9780195120851
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 176