A Universe of Atoms, An Atom in the Universe
Approximately 10 years have passed since the publication of And Yet 1 It Moves: Strange Systems and Subtle Questions in Physics. During this time, the book has done very well, being received favorably by both readers and reviewers. The exhaustion of the last printing has given me the opportunity to make revisions. The present volume, updated and expanded by three new chapters containing a total of 17 additional essays on a wide range of questions that I have explored in quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, thermodynamics, general relativity, and astrophysics, has been given a new title to reffect the broad thematic coverage and a new publisher (Springer-Verlag). The Introduction (The Fire Within) that follows, based on the preface to the original edition, explains fully the purpose and content of this book. I wish to note briefly here, however, that time and the advance of physics have not dulled the scientific relevance of any of the essays. This book, like its predecessor, is not intended to be a popularization, a textbook, or a monograph of any field of physics. Rather, it is a p- sonal account of the scientific underpinnings, motivations, lessons, and ramifications of some of the many fundamental physical problems that have engaged me throughout my career to the present. These are essays that anyone with an interest in contemporary physics can read, although it is certainly the case that the more serious the interest, the more meaningful will be the essays.
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A Universe of Atoms, An Atom in the Universe
Approximately 10 years have passed since the publication of And Yet 1 It Moves: Strange Systems and Subtle Questions in Physics. During this time, the book has done very well, being received favorably by both readers and reviewers. The exhaustion of the last printing has given me the opportunity to make revisions. The present volume, updated and expanded by three new chapters containing a total of 17 additional essays on a wide range of questions that I have explored in quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, thermodynamics, general relativity, and astrophysics, has been given a new title to reffect the broad thematic coverage and a new publisher (Springer-Verlag). The Introduction (The Fire Within) that follows, based on the preface to the original edition, explains fully the purpose and content of this book. I wish to note briefly here, however, that time and the advance of physics have not dulled the scientific relevance of any of the essays. This book, like its predecessor, is not intended to be a popularization, a textbook, or a monograph of any field of physics. Rather, it is a p- sonal account of the scientific underpinnings, motivations, lessons, and ramifications of some of the many fundamental physical problems that have engaged me throughout my career to the present. These are essays that anyone with an interest in contemporary physics can read, although it is certainly the case that the more serious the interest, the more meaningful will be the essays.
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A Universe of Atoms, An Atom in the Universe

A Universe of Atoms, An Atom in the Universe

by Mark P. Silverman
A Universe of Atoms, An Atom in the Universe

A Universe of Atoms, An Atom in the Universe

by Mark P. Silverman

Overview

Approximately 10 years have passed since the publication of And Yet 1 It Moves: Strange Systems and Subtle Questions in Physics. During this time, the book has done very well, being received favorably by both readers and reviewers. The exhaustion of the last printing has given me the opportunity to make revisions. The present volume, updated and expanded by three new chapters containing a total of 17 additional essays on a wide range of questions that I have explored in quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, thermodynamics, general relativity, and astrophysics, has been given a new title to reffect the broad thematic coverage and a new publisher (Springer-Verlag). The Introduction (The Fire Within) that follows, based on the preface to the original edition, explains fully the purpose and content of this book. I wish to note briefly here, however, that time and the advance of physics have not dulled the scientific relevance of any of the essays. This book, like its predecessor, is not intended to be a popularization, a textbook, or a monograph of any field of physics. Rather, it is a p- sonal account of the scientific underpinnings, motivations, lessons, and ramifications of some of the many fundamental physical problems that have engaged me throughout my career to the present. These are essays that anyone with an interest in contemporary physics can read, although it is certainly the case that the more serious the interest, the more meaningful will be the essays.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780387954370
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 10/01/2002
Edition description: Second Edition 2002
Pages: 418
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Fire Within.- The Wirbelrohr’s Roar.- Musical Bottles, Flying Balloons, and Hot Stoves: The Uncommon Physics of Common Things.- The Unimaginably Strange Behavior of Free Electrons.- Quantum Beats and Giant Atoms.- And Yet It Moves: Exotic Atoms and the Invariance of Charge.- Reflections on Light.- Two Worlds, Large and Small: Earth and Atom.- Computers, Coins, and Quanta: Unexpected Outcomes of Random Events.- A Universe of Atoms: Symmetry, Unity, Gravity, and the Problem of “Missing Mass”.- Science and Wonder.
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