| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Conjuring the Universe; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Epigraph; Chapter 1: Back to Eternity: The nature of laws; Chapter 2: Much Ado about Nothing: How laws might emerge from nothing; Chapter 3: Anarchy Rules: How some laws emerge fron no laws; Chapter: 4 The Heat of the Moment: Laws relating to temperature; Chapter 5: Beyond Anarchy: Why anything happens; Chapter 6: The Creative Power of Ignorance: How matter responds to change; Chapter 7: The Charge of the Light Brigade: The laws of electricity and magnetism; Chapter 8 Measure for Measure: The origin of the fundamental constants. |
| Summary |
The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. Peter Atkins identifies the minimum decisions that would be needed for the Universe to behave as it does, arguing that the laws of Nature can spring from very little. Or perhaps from nothing at all. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Physical laws -- History.
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Physical laws. |
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History. |
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Origins of the laws of nature |
| ISBN |
9780192542793 (electronic book) |
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0192542796 (electronic book) |
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9780198813378 |
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0198813376 |
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