Explaining the Universe: The New Age of PhysicsPrinceton University Press, 05.06.2018 - 264 Seiten In this fascinating book, John Charap offers a panoramic view of the physicist's world as the twenty-first century opens--a view that is entirely different from the one that greeted the twentieth century. We have learned that the universe is billions of galaxies larger than we imagined--and billions of years older. We know more about how it came to be and what it is. Because of physics, we live in a world of greater danger and more convenience, smaller particles and bigger ideas. |
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... laws and their consequences, that give science its resilience and authority. Of course, it is always possible that we are mistaken, that some fundamental changes will topple our best-held ideas tomorrow. But even if changes as profound ...
... law that was to lead to quantum mechanics. A conservative rather than a revolutionary, both by temperament and in his ... laws that codify its structure and content. We learned that the Milky Way, the galaxy of stars of which our sun is ...
... laws. And sometimes, though rarely, a new discovery requires that we revise them. Much more often, we are challenged to explain it within the framework of those laws as we know them. Let me give an example. From the time he was ...
... laws governing atomic and molecular structure, still less of the quantum mechanics and electromagnetic theory that underpin them. And though we don't have a theory to explain them, ceramic superconductors are already finding ...
... laws of nature to practical application. There are many steps from a Theory of Everything to the design of a new drug. The ability to trace back from one level of understanding to a deeper one is related to the reductionist approach to ...
Inhalt
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3 HEAVENS ABOVE | 24 |
4 CHANCE AND CERTAINTY | 43 |
5 ORDER OUT OF CHAOS | 64 |
6 YOUR PLACE OR MINE | 77 |
7 MANY HISTORIES MANY FUTURES | 86 |
8 MICROCOSM | 100 |
11 IN THE BEGINNING | 151 |
12 DOWN TO EARTH | 172 |
13 EPILOGUE | 188 |
Notes | 195 |
Glossary | 209 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 215 |
Index of Names | 219 |
General Index | 223 |