From atoms to galaxies
Subtitle: a conceptual physics approach to scientific awareness
By: Sadri Dean Hassani
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781439808498
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning; title: Science kindles; title: A dark interlude; title: Science rekindles; title: From heaven to earth; title: Epilogue: underdetermination?; title: Newtonian Era; title: Kinematics: describing motion; title: Dynamics: cause of motion; title: Further topics on motion; title: Gravitation; title: Epilogue: determinism; title: Waves and electromagnetism; title: Waves; title: Electricity; title: Magnetism and electricity; title: Electromagnetic waves; title: Epilogue: mind and matter; title: Thermodynamics; title: Introduction to probability; title: Statistical mechanics; title: Temperature and heat; title: Epilogue: whole and parts; title: Twentieth century physics: quantum theory; title: Birth of quantum theory; title: The atoms; title: Quantum theory I; title: Quantum theory II; title: Epilogue: no "interpretation"; title: Twentieth century physics: relativity theory; title: Birth of relativity; title: Relativity of space and time; title: Spacetime geometry; title: E=mc²; title: General theory of relativity; title: Epilogue: no "marketplace"; title: Twentieth century physics: microcosmology; title: On the experimental front; title: On the theoretical front; title: Classifying particles and forces; title: The standard model; title: New age "physics"; title: Epilogue: the eye of physics; title: Twentieth century physics: macrocosmology; title: Physics of the cosmos; title: Early universe; title: The lost epoch; title: Epilogue: the closing dialogue; title: Nature of science; title: Misconceptions about science; title: Characteristics of science; title: Science versus pseudoscience