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_a530 _220 _bL.A.G |
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_aLightman, Alan P., _d1948- _96892 _eauthor |
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_aGreat ideas in physics / _cAlan Lightman. |
| 250 | _asecond edition | ||
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_aNew York : _bMcGraw-Hill, _cc1997. |
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| 264 | 4 | _cc1997. | |
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_axiv, 268 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm. |
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_2rdacontent _atext |
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_2rdamedia _aunmediated |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aPart 1 The conservation of energy: conservation laws; gravitational energy; kinetic energy; units of length; conservation and human freedom; heat energy; the conservation of energy and limited lifetime of the world; reactions to possible violations of the conservation of energy. Part 2 The second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible phenomena; states of a system and probabilty of configurations; mechanical energy and heat; the irrevesible flow of heat; doing work with heat; entropy and order; resistance to the implications of the second law; the second law applied to human society; the second law used to refute the theory of evolution. Part 3 The relativity of time: relativity in brief; science leading to the theory of relativity; the theory of relativity; abolition of absolute space and time; Einstein's approach to science; the influence of the theory of relativity on literature; relativity and sculpture. Part 4 The wave-particle duality of nature (quantum theory): waves; the photoelectric effect; the double-slit expermiment; the role of the observer and the nature of reality; quantum physics and language; the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and the demise of determinism in science; determinism, causality and choice in the quantum world. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aPhysics. | |
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_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0602/96007247-b.html |
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_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0602/96007247-d.html |
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_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0602/96007247-t.html |
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