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The Great Design: Particles, Fields, and Creation
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The Great Design: Particles, Fields, and Creation
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by Robert K. Adair
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From Library Journal
Adair's aim is to explain the underlying ideas of modern physics to the educated layperson while avoiding mathematics as much as possible. Considering the difficulty of the task, he does a creditable job. Still, there is a fair amount of algebraic notation, using Greek letters and sub- and superscripts, which may intimidate some readers, and the author tacitly assumes familiarity with scientific terminology. This is a good book for anyone who has studied some physics at the undergraduate level but never really grasped its unifying concepts. It is also recommended to readers with a scientific background interested in the present state of the art in quantum mechanics, particle physics, and astrophysics. Harold D. Shane, Mathematics Dept., Baruch Coll. ,
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description:
Although modern physics surrounds us, and newspapers constantly refer to its concepts, most nonscientists find the subject extremely intimidating. Complicated mathematics or gross oversimplifications written by laypersons obscure most attempts to explain physics to general readers. Now, at long last, we have a comprehensive--and comprehensible--account of particles, fields, and cosmology, written by a working physicist who does not burden the reader with the weight of ponderous scientific notation. Exploring how physicists think about problems, Robert K. Adair considers the assumptions they make in order to simplify impossibly complex relationships between objects, how they determine on what scale to treat the problem, how they make measurements, and the interplay between theory and experiment. Adair gently guides the reader through the ideas of particles, fields, relativity, and quantum mechanics. He explains the great discoveries of this century--which have caused a revolution in how we view the universe--in simple, logical terms, comprehensible with a knowledge of high school algebra. Performing the difficult task of predigesting complex concepts, Adair gives nonscientists access to what often appears to be an arcane discipline, and captures the the joy of discovery which lies at the heart of research.
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