Constitutions of Matter: Mathematically Modeling the Most Everyday of Physical Phenomena - Rilegato

Krieger, Martin H.

 
9780226453040: Constitutions of Matter: Mathematically Modeling the Most Everyday of Physical Phenomena
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ISBN 10: 0226453049 ISBN 13: 9780226453040
Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1997

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In this insightful work, Martin H. Krieger shows what physicists are really doing when they employ mathematical models as research tools. He argues that the technical details of these complex calculations serve not only as a means to an end, but also reveal key aspects of the physical properties they model.

Krieger's lucid discussions will help readers to appreciate the larger physical issues behind the mathematical detail of modern physics and gain deeper insights into how theoretical physicists work. Constitutions of Matter is a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of modern physics.

"[Krieger] provides students of physics and applied mathematics with a view of the physical forest behind the mathematical trees, historians and philosophers of science with insights into how theoretical physicists go about their work, and technically advanced general readers with a glimpse into the discipline."--Scitech Book News

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In this work, Martin H. Krieger shows what physicists are really doing behind the nearly impenetrable cloud of mathematical models they use as research tools. He argues that the technical details of these complex calculations serve not only as a means to an end, but also reveal key aspects of the physical properties they model. Using two "tours de force" of modern physics as case studies, as proofs that ordinary matter is stable, and solutions to the Ising model of a phase transition (how a liquid freezes to a solid, for instance), Krieger seeks to uncover the philosophical foundations on which the mathematical models of these phenomena are built.

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Editore
Univ of Chicago Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1997
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0226453049
ISBN 13 
9780226453040
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
343
Contatto del produttore
The University of Chicago Press
https://press.uchicago.edu/index.html

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ISBN 10:  0226453057 ISBN 13:  9780226453057
Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1998
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