Understanding the properties and behavior of the COSMOS

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Palibrio, 2011 - Cosmology - 739 pages
 

Contents

Introduction
v
Preface
vi
Creation Myths
vii
Ch 1From Cosmic Designers to Natural Philosophers
11
Ch 2Ancient Greek philosophies concerning nature
14
Ch 3Astrology Astronomy
28
Ch 4Classical Physics
60
Ch 5Optics and Newtonian Mechanics
82
Ch 12Special Relativity
223
Ch 13General Relativity
269
Ch 14Early Quantum Physics
323
Ch 15Quantum Physics
353
Ch 16Philosophies and Paradoxes in physics
419
Ch 17Atomic Fission
481
Ch 18Particle Physics
493
Ch 19Quantum Field Theory
544

Ch 6The Nature of Light
104
Ch 7Chemistry of the Elements
125
Ch 8Electricity and Magnetism
174
Ch 9Radioactivity and the Atom
191
Ch 10Light Quanta
207
Ch 11Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
215
Ch 20String Theory
561
Epilogue
605
Glossary
606
References
618
References
619
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