The Equations

Icons of Knowledge

Sander Bais

96 pages, parution le 16/11/2005

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Résumé

For thousands of years mankind has tried to understand nature. Exploring the world on all scales with instruments of ever more ingenuity, we have been able to unravel some of the great mysteries that surround us. While collecting an overwhelming multitude of observational facts, we discovered fundamental laws that govern the structure and evolution of physical reality. We know that nature speaks to us in the language of mathematics. In this language most of our basic understanding of the physical world can be expressed in an unambiguous and concise way. The most artificial language turns out to be the most natural of all. The laws of nature correspond to equations. These equations are the icons of knowledge that mark crucial turning points in our thinking about the world we happen to live in. They form the symbolic representation of most of what we know, and as such constitute an important and robust part of our culture.

L'auteur - Sander Bais

Author Sander Bais is a leading theoretical physicist at the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on problems in particle physics, from quantum field theory to string theory, but he enjoys making excursions to many adjacent fields. His special talent lies in making physics accessible to a larger audience. His ability to transform the complex into the comprehensible has allowed him to convey the essential message of science to many. In this book he takes the reader on a journey, unveiling the beauty and meaning of seventeen equations that constitute the basis of our knowledge of the physical world.

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Sommaire

Introduction
The tautological toolkit
Rise and fall
Mechanics and gravity
The electromagnetic force
A local conservation law
Electrodynamics
Electromagnetic Waves
Solitary waves
Thermodynamics
Kinetic theory
Hydrodynamics
Special relativity
Quantum mechanics
The relativistic electron
The strong force
Electro-weak interactions
String theory
Back to the future

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Éditeur(s)	Harvard University Press
Auteur(s)	Sander Bais
Parution	16/11/2005
Nb. de pages	96
Format	18 x 19,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	331g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780674019676
ISBN13	978-0-674-01967-6