A Universe of Atoms, An Atom in the Universe

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Silverman, Mark P. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.

Approximately 10 years have passed since the publication of And Yet 1 It Moves: Strange Systems and Subtle Questions in Physics. During this time, the book has done very well, being received favorably by both readers and reviewers. The exhaustion of the last printing has given me the opportunity to...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: The Fire Within
• The Wirbelrohr’s Roar
• Musical Bottles, Flying Balloons, and Hot Stoves: The Uncommon Physics of Common Things
• The Unimaginably Strange Behavior of Free Electrons
• Quantum Beats and Giant Atoms
• And Yet It Moves: Exotic Atoms and the Invariance of Charge
• Reflections on Light
• Two Worlds, Large and Small: Earth and Atom
• Computers, Coins, and Quanta: Unexpected Outcomes of Random Events
• A Universe of Atoms: Symmetry, Unity, Gravity, and the Problem of “Missing Mass”
• Science and Wonder.