The fundamental constants
Subtitle: a mystery of physics
By: by Harald Fritzsch ; translated by Gregory Stodolsky.
Publisher: World Scientific; World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Jewrsey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9789812818195; 9789812834324
Subjects: Physical constants
Work titles: Absolut Unveränderliche.
Description: "The speed of light, the fine structure constant, and Newton's constant of gravity - these are just three among the many physical constants that define our picture of the world. Where do they come from? Are they constant in time and across space? In this book, physicist and author Harald Fritzsch invites the reader to explore the mystery of the fundamental constants of physics in the company of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and a modern-day physicist. The conversation that the three scientists are imagined to have provides an entertaining introduction to the constants and covers topics ranging from atomic, nuclear, and particle physics to astrophysics and cosmology."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes index.