There are some wonderfully bizarre ideas in physics, and it seems a pity to keep them locked up in small boxes, available only to an esoteric coterie of key holders. Brian Ridley's book sets out to survey in simple, non-mathematical terms what physics has to say about the fundamental structure of the universe. He deals with all the basic concepts of modern physics: elementary particles, black holes, gravity, quantum theory, time, mass, relativity and energy; this new edition also includes coverage of more recently emerging ideas including strings, imaginary time and chaos. Ridley's clear and witty account gives an exciting introduction to the non-specialist while offering a fresh perspective to scientists themselves.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780521484862
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-521-48486-2
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 27.02.2009
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Revised
- Serie: Canto
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
- Gewicht: 295 g
- Seiten: 203
- Format (B x H x T): 140 x 216 x 12 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
