| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 332 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"This is a textbook for a survey course in physics taught without mathematics, that also takes into account the social impact and influences from the arts and society. It combines physics, literature, history, and philosophy from the dawn of human life to the 21st century. It will also be of interest to the general reader."--Page 4 of cover. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. To my readers -- ch. 2. The origin of physics -- ch. 3. Ancient science of mesopotamia, Egypt and China -- ch. 4. Physics of the ancient Greek era -- ch. 5. The roots of the scientific revolution -- ch. 6. Mechanics, planetary motion and the modern science revolution -- ch. 7. Poetry Influenced by the scientific revolution -- ch. 8. The concept of the atom, the atomic structure of matter and the origin of chemistry -- ch. 9. The concept of energy -- ch. 10. Thermodynamics and the atomic and molecular structure of matter -- ch. 11. Electricity and magnetism -- ch. 12. Electromagnetic radiation and wave behaviour -- ch. 13. Prelude to relativity -- ch. 14. The special theory of relativity -- ch. 15. The general theory of relativity -- ch. 16. Kuhn's structure of scientific revolutions and the impact of the theory of relativity -- ch. 17. The structure of the atom -- ch. 18. The quantization of energy -- ch. 19. Bohr's atom -- ch. 20. Wave mechanics -- ch. 21. Philosophical implications of quantum mechanics -- ch. 22. Quantum electrodynamics -- ch. 23. The nucleus and the strong interaction -- ch. 24. Elementary particles, quarks and quantum chromodynamics -- ch. 25. Cosmology and the universe : the big bang, dark matter and dark energy -- ch. 26. Clusters, galaxies, black holes and stars -- ch. 27. The solar system and the planet earth -- ch. 28. Non-linear systems, chaos, complexity and emergence -- ch. 29. Classroom discussions, activities and assignments. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Physics.
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Physics. |
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Physics -- Social aspects.
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Physics -- Social aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Logan, Robert K., 1939- Poetry of physics and the physics of poetry. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2010 9789814295925 (OCoLC)496957975 |
| ISBN |
9789814295949 (electronic book) |
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9814295949 (electronic book) |
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9789814295925 |
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9814295922 |
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9814295930 |
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9789814295932 |
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