Understanding the properties and behavior of the COSMOS |
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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