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There is practically no area of contemporary life that has not been transformed by the breathtaking insights and everyday applications of twentieth-century physics—from the technologies many of us take for granted to our deepest beliefs about the universe itself. Physics for the Rest of Us brings to life for the curious nonphysicist reader ten key ideas of modern physics and explores their far-reaching influence on our lives and thought.

Roger S. Jones explains major concepts—such as Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity, quantum theory, and the structure of the atomic nucleus—and traces the profound ways in which these ideas have ...

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Overview

There is practically no area of contemporary life that has not been transformed by the breathtaking insights and everyday applications of twentieth-century physics—from the technologies many of us take for granted to our deepest beliefs about the universe itself. Physics for the Rest of Us brings to life for the curious nonphysicist reader ten key ideas of modern physics and explores their far-reaching influence on our lives and thought.

Roger S. Jones explains major concepts—such as Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity, quantum theory, and the structure of the atomic nucleus—and traces the profound ways in which these ideas have affected our spiritual, psychological, ethical, and aesthetic worldviews. With lively intelligence, he also addresses such profound questions as: What light does science shed on the meaning of human existence? Are scientific theories independent of the men and women who conceive them? Are religion and science related or, ultimately, in conflict?

Physics for the Rest of Us turns a century of exciting scientific discoveries into an exciting voyage of human discovery and possibility.

Praise for Physics for the Rest of Us:

“Straightforward and highly engaging.” —The Book Report

From Physics for the Rest of Us:

“The theory of relativity has not only unlocked the secret of atomic energy but has also released us from the bonds of rigid space and absolute time. The study of the heavens has given us not only the space program but a new story of cosmic creationas well. And while quantum theory has endowed us with microchips and superconductivity, it has also saddled us with a strange and insubstantial view of the very stuff we are made of. The worldview we all share and take for granted today would have been inconceivable and incomprehensible to [Abraham] Lincoln or even to a nineteenth-century physicist.”—from the Introduction

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  • ISBN-13: 9781435109087
  • Publisher: Barnes & Noble
  • Publication date: 6/25/2009
  • Pages: 336
  • Series: Barnes & Noble Rediscovers Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.30 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Roger S. Jones was, before his retirement, Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota. He is also the author of Physics as Metaphor.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 27, 2002

    Science has no dogma?

    I am surprised that a previous reviewer says that a difference between religion and science is that 'science has no dogma.' Scientists of previous centuries and the uninformed modern populace may indeed think so, but many scientists today willingly acknowledge that science is tentative and the conclusions are often, not just influenced, but determined by the presuppositions of the scientist. Jones attempts to remind his readers about this. The previous reviewer may disagree with this accessment of science, but he has not interacted with Jones' point, but simply reasserted the contrary. Jones does give reasons for saying that we should not make science into an idol, and be self-deceived into thinking that it is the answer to everything. Those who disagree should give reasons for doing so, instead of just saying it cannot be so.

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