The universe and the atom
By: Don Lichtenberg
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Singapore; Hackensack, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9789812706065; 9789812705617
Subjects: Cosmic physics; Cosmology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface -- -- 1.; title: Early ideas about the universe -- -- 1.1 The; title: earth -- -- 1.2. The; title: heavens -- -- 1.3. The; title: views of Aristotle and Aristarchus -- -- 1.4. The; title: Copernican revolution -- -- 2. The; title: solar system and  beyond -- -- 2.1.; title: Elliptical orbits -- -- 2.2.; title: Galileo's contributions -- -- 2.3. The; title: stars -- -- 3.; title: Newton's ideas about space and time -- -- 3.1.; title: Infinite space -- -- 3.2.; title: Infinite time -- -- 3.3.; title: Scalars and vectors -- -- 3.4.; title: Four-dimensional spacetime -- -- 3.5.; title: Velocity and acceleration -- -- 4.; title: Early ideas of motion -- -- 4.1.; title: Zeno's paradoxes -- -- 4.2.; title: Aristotle's views on motion -- -- 4.3.; title: Galileo on motion  -- -- 5.; title: Newton's laws of motion -- -- 5.1. The; title: first law -- -- 5.2. The; title: second law -- -- 5.3. The; title: third law -- -- 5.4.; title: Frames of reference -- -- 6.; title: Newton's theory of gravity -- -- 6.1. An; title: apple and the moon -- -- 6.2.; title: Action at a distance -- -- 6.3.; title: Fields -- -- 7.; title: Energy and momentum -- -- 7.1.; title: Work -- -- 7.2.; title: Energy -- -- 7.3.; title: Conservation of energy -- -- 7.4.; title: Momentum -- -- 7.5.; title: Conservation of momentum -- -- 7.6.; title: Angular momentum --; title: 8.; title: Electricity and magnetism -- -- 8.1.; title: Electricity -- -- 8.2.; title: Magnetism -- -- 8.3.; title: Electromagnetism -- -- 9.; title: Wave motion -- -- 9.1.; title: Sound waves -- -- 9.2. The; title: Doppler effect for sound -- -- 9.3.; title: Light waves -- -- 9.4. The; title: Doppler effect for light -- -- 10.; title: Relativity -- -- 10.1.; title: Limitations of Newton's laws -- -- 10.2.; title: New laws of motion -- -- 10.3. The; title: twin paradox -- -- 10.4.; title: Light as a limiting speed -- -- 10.5. The; title: equivalence principle -- -- 10.6.; title: Gravity as curved spacetime -- -- 10.7.; title: Black holes -- -- 11.; title: Atoms -- -- 11.1; title: Early ideas on atoms -- -- 11.2.; title: Evidence for the existence of atoms -- -- 11.3. The; title: composition of atoms -- -- 11.4. The; title: atomic nucleus -- -- 12.; title: Early days of quantum theory -- -- 12.1.; title: Blackbody radiation -- -- 12.2.; title: Photoelectric effect -- -- 12.3.; title: Line spectra -- -- 12.4.; title: Bohr model of the atom -- -- 13.; title: Quantum mechanics -- -- 13.1.; title: Particle waves -- -- 13.2.; title: Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics -- -- 13.3.; title: Heisenberg's uncertainty relations -- -- 13.4; title: Interference in quantum mechanics -- -- 13.5.; title: Relativistic quantum mechanics -- -- 13.6.; title: Spin and statistics -- -- 13.7.; title: Entanglement --; title: 14. The; title: elements -- -- 14.1.; title: Quantum restrictions on angular momentum -- -- 14.2.; title: Building up the elements -- -- 14.3.; title: Compounds -- -- 15.; title: Nuclear physics -- -- 15.1. The; title: strong force -- -- 15.2.; title: Atomic nuclei -- -- 15.3.; title: Nuclear fusion -- -- 15.4.; title: More about radioactivity -- -- 15.5.; title: Nuclear fission -- -- 16.; title: Elementary particles -- -- 16.1.; title: What is an elementary particle? -- -- 16.2. The; title: fundamental strong force -- -- 16.3. The; title: weak force -- -- 16.4. The; title: standard model -- -- 17. The; title: sun and the solar system -- -- 17.1. The; title: sun -- -- 17.2. The; title: planets -- -- 18. The; title: milky way -- -- 18.1. The; title: stars -- -- 18.2.; title: Stellar evolution -- -- 18.3. The; title: galaxy -- -- 19. The; title: universe -- -- 19.1.; title: Expansion of the universe -- -- 19.2. The; title: cosmic microwave background radiation -- -- 19.3. The; title: big bang -- -- 19.4.; title: Inflation -- -- 19.5.; title: What is the universe made of? -- -- 20.; title: Speculations -- -- 20.1.; title: Supersymmetry -- -- 20.2.; title: Superstrings.