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From Cosmos to Quarks is a novel combination of historical, conceptual and formal introduction to the main ideas in physics. Its first five chapters are devoted to classical physics, keeping in mind its relevance to modern physics. Topics such as planetary motion, statistical mechanics, information and entropy, ferromagnetism, superconductivity, electromagnetic waves and special relativity, are discussed here. The next seven chapters describe the basics of quantum mechanics and its paradoxes, quantum electrodynamics, Casimir and Aharonov-Bohm effects, CPT invariance, general relativity and cosmology, the death of stars, CP violation, spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Standard Model, inflation and more besides. The final part is a short excursion into some topics pertaining to physics and life, for example homochirality. Readers of this book will not only learn much about physics, they will also learn to enjoy it.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Physics Classical mechanics

• Full title: Basic Concepts in Physics
• Author: Masud Chaichian
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 377
• EAN: 9783642195976
• ISBN: 3642195970
• ID: 01263804
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 698 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 163 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. September 2011

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