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" Frontiers : "
Steve Adams.
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BL
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977672
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b732042
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Adams, Steve,1957-
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Frontiers : : twentieth-century physics /\ Steve Adams.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Taylor & Francis,, 2000.
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x, 507 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 24 cm
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0203159020
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: 0748408401
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: 9780203159026
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: 9780748408405
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Old quantum theory -- A new quantum theory 1925-30 -- Quantum mysteries -- QED -- Atoms and nuclei -- The standard model -- Particle detectors -- Particle accelerators -- Toward a theory of everything -- The speed of light -- Special relativity -- General relativity -- Observational astronomy -- Stars and distances -- Cosmology -- Time, temperature and chance -- Toward absolute zero -- CPT -- The black-body radiation spectrum -- The Schröedinger equation -- The hydrogen atom -- The Lorentz transformation equations -- The speed of electromagnetic waves -- The Nobel Prize for physics -- Glossary of important ideas -- Timeline of major ideas.
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"The revolution in twentieth-century physics has changed the way we think about space, time and matter and our own place in the universe. It has undermined our belief in a Newtonian mechanistic universe and a deterministic future, posing questions about parallel universes, time-travel, and the origin of everything. At the same time, we have witnessed amazing attempts at unification so that physicists seek a single theory of everything from which we could derive the masses and types of all particles and their interactions. This book tells the story of these discoveries and the people who made them, largely through the work of Nobel prize-winning physicists." "Frontiers provides a deft survey of the main strands of twentieth-century physics and will interest the advanced high-school student, undergraduates, and their teachers. It will also appeal to the general reader with a genuine interest in science."--Jacket.
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Physics-- History-- 20th century.
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33.20 modern classical physics: general.
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Berühmte Persönlichkeit
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Fysikk, Historie.
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Geschichte
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Physics.
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Wissenschaft
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Physik.
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Theoretische fysica.
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| Dewey Classification
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539
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QC7.A26 2000
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33.20bcl
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O4-095clc
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UB 2380rvk
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Twentieth-century physics
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