And Yet It Moves: Strange Systems and Subtle Questions in Physics - Brossura

Silverman, Mark P.

 
9780521446310: And Yet It Moves: Strange Systems and Subtle Questions in Physics

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Originally published in 1993, this book is a largely nonmathematical account of some of the strange behaviour exhibited by moving particles, fluids and waves.

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Descrizione del libro

Originally published in 1993, this book of essays is a largely nonmathematical account of some of the strange behaviour, both classical and quantum, exhibited by moving particles, fluids and waves. The essays address questions or controversies from whose resolution emerge lessons of general significance regarding the mystery and fascination of motion.

Contenuti

Preface. The fire within; 1. The unimaginably strange behaviour of free electrons; 2. Quantum beats and giant atoms; 3. And yet it moves: exotic atoms and the invariance of charge; 4. Reflections on light; 5. Two worlds, large and small: Earth and atom; 6. The Wirbelrohr's roar (...or rather whistle); 7. Science and wonder; Selected papers by the author; Index.

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9780521391733: And Yet It Moves: Strange Systems and Subtle Questions in Physics

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521391733 ISBN 13:  9780521391733
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1993
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