Beyond Classical Physics

• Main Author: Cunningham, Mark A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Quantum physics.; Gravitation.; Condensed matter.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Nuclear physics.; Quantum Physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.

This undergraduate textbook discusses the nature of the microscopic universe from a modern perspective, based on Einstein's notions of relativity and Noether's proof of the emergence of conservation laws from symmetries of the equations of motion. These ideas drove the development of the S...