Overview
- Explores the exciting concepts of modern physics, without the mathematics
- Ideal introductory reading for those taking physics as optional course
- Glamorous new discoveries of physics are made accessible to those without a scientific background
- If you feel left out of the conversation at philosophers’ dinner parties, this book is definitely for you
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics (ULNP)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explains - in simple terms and with almost no mathematics - the physics behind recent and glamorous discoveries in Cosmology, Quantum Mechanics, Elementary Particles (e.g. Higgs bosons) and Complexity Theory. En route it delves into the historical landmarks and revolutions that brought about our current understanding of the universe.
The book is written mainly for those with little scientific background, both college students and lay readers alike, who are curious about the world of modern physics. Unsolved problems are highlighted and the philosophical implications of the sometimes astounding modern discoveries are discussed. Along the way the reader gains an insight into the mindset and methodology of a physicist.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Ross Barrett
Formerly a Research Fellow and Lecturer at four universities in Australia and Germany, and Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) in Adelaide, he has published over 60 research papers in experimental nuclear physics, theoretical nuclear physics, atomic physics, signal processing, and underwater acoustics.
Pier Paolo Delsanto
Full Professor (now retired) and Director of Research in Condensed Matter Physics at the Politecnico of Torino, Italy, has spent half of his professional life in Universities and Research Centers abroad. His research fields range from Nuclear Physics, Acoustics and Ultrasonics to modeling and simulations in Materials Science, Biology and Oncology, with more than two hundred scientific articles and books.
Angelo Tartaglia
Senior professor of physics in the Politecnico di Torino. His research topics are the theory of gravitation,general relativity and cosmology. Tartaglia is a member of the Italian Gravitational society (SIGRAV), the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and the National Group of Mathematical Physics (GNFM).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Physics: The Ultimate Adventure
Authors: Ross Barrett, Pier Paolo Delsanto, Angelo Tartaglia
Series Title: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31691-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31690-1Published: 13 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81097-3Published: 27 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31691-8Published: 07 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2192-4791
Series E-ISSN: 2192-4805
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 218
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Quantum Physics, Popular Science in Physics, Classical and Continuum Physics, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory