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Great Ideas in Physics: The Conservation of Energy, the Second Law of Th ermodynamics, the Theory of Relativity and Quant

Textbook Out of Print
By: A Lightman
300 pages, Figs
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Great Ideas in Physics: The Conservation of Energy, the Second Law of Th
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  • Great Ideas in Physics: The Conservation of Energy, the Second Law of Th ISBN: 9780071357388 Paperback Dec 2000 Out of Print #122783
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About this book

The conservation of energy, the second law of thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics - together, these concepts form the foundation upon which modern physics was built. But the influence of these four landmark ideas has extended far beyond hard science. There is no aspect of twentieth-century culture - including the arts, social sciences, philosophy, and politics - that has not been profoundly influenced by them.In "Great Ideas in Physics", Alan Lightman clearly explains the physics behind each of the four great ideas and deftly untangles for lay readers such knotty concepts as entropy, the relativity of time, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Throughout the book he uses excerpts from the writings of scientific luminaries such as Newton, Kelvin, Einstein, and de Broglie to help place each in its proper historical perspective. And with the help of expertly annotated passages from the works of dozens of writers, philosophers, artists, and social theorists, Lightman explores the two-way influences of these landmark scientific concepts on our entire human culture and the world of ideas.

Contents

Chapter I: The Conservation of Energy. Chapter II: The Second Law of Thermodynamics. Chapter III: The Relativity of Time. Chapter IV: The Wave-Particle Duality of Nature. Appendices: A: A Review of Some Basic Mathematics. B: Problems and Discussion Questions. C: Laboratory. Readings. Endnotes. Credits. Index.

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Biography

Alan Lightman, Ph.D., currently Senior Lecturer in Physics at M.I.T., received the Association of American Publishers Award for the best book in physical science for Origins. His writing appears in the Atlantic, Granta, Harpers, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and elsewhere. He is the author of The New York Times bestseller, Einstein's Dreams and Good Benito.
Textbook Out of Print
By: A Lightman
300 pages, Figs
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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