The beauty of physics : patterns, principles, and perspectives
Rau, A. R. PAuthor
This title is about ideas and themes in physics. A small set of them apply over broad areas of physics, and in that wide reach lies some of the power, beauty, and attraction of the subject. Many metaphors from ordinary language or other disciplines have been adopted by physicists, albeit with a specific and distinct flavour. The selection of topics reflects the author's own four-decade career in research physics and his resultant perspective on the subject.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This title is about ideas and themes in physics. A small set of them apply over broad areas of physics, and in that wide reach lies some of the power, beauty, and attraction of the subject. Many metaphors from ordinary language or other disciplines have been adopted by physicists, albeit with a specific and distinct flavour. The selection of topics reflects the author's own four-decade career in research physics and his resultant perspective on the subject.
Description based on print version record.
Adding a dimension -- Physics as transformations -- Localization at saddles -- Coins, classical and quantum -- Symmetry -- Maps in various forms -- The problem of time -- Complexity and emergence.
Physics
Pattern formation (Physical sciences)
Aesthetics
Physics - General
Physics
Physical Sciences & Mathematics