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" Boojums all the way through : "
N. David Mermin.
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BL
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1013601
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b767971
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| Main Entry
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Mermin, N. David.
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Boojums all the way through : : communicating science in a prosaic age /\ N. David Mermin.
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Cambridge [England] ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1990.
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xxi, 308 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0521382319
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: 0521388805
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: 9780521382311
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: 9780521388801
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Part I. Reflections on the Pursuit of Physics -- E. pluribus boojum: the physicist as neologist -- Commencement address, St. Johns College, Santa Fe, May 18, 1986 -- One of the great physicists ... and great characters -- My life with Landau -- What's wrong with this Lagrangean? -- What's wrong with this library? -- What's wrong with this prose? -- What's wrong with these equations? -- What's wrong with these prizes? -- Part II. The Quantum Theory -- Quantum mysteries for anyone -- Can you help your team tonight by watching on TV? -- Spooky actions at a distance: mysteries of the quantum -- A bolt from the blue: The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox -- The philosophical writings of Neils Bohr -- The great quantum muddle -- What's wrong with this pillow? -- Part III. Relativity -- Cruel nature: a relativistic tragicomedy -- The amazing many coloured relativity engine -- Relativistic addition of velocities directly from the constancy of the velocity of light -- Relativity without light -- E = Mc2 (written with M.J. Feigenbaum) Part IV Mathematical Musings -- Logarithms! -- Stirling's formula! -- Pi in the sky -- Variational principles in dynamics and quantum theory -- Special functions: a group theoretic approach.
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Physics.
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Fisica geral.
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Physics-- Collection of articles.
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Physics.
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Physik
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Physique.
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Wissenschaftlicher Text
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Physik.
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| Dewey Classification
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530
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QC71.M37 1990
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33.02bcl
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