A Short Journey from Quarks to the Universe

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Economou, Eleftherios N. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Physics ; 1
• Θέματα: Physics.; Geotechnical engineering.; Gravitation.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Astrophysics.; Atoms.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

This book takes the reader for a short journey over the structures of matter showing that their main properties can be obtained even at a quantitative level with a minimum background knowledge. The latter, besides some high school physics and mathematics, consists of the three cornerstones of scienc...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Introduction: The World according to Physics Levels of the structure of mater
• PART 1: Three key-ideas and a short-cut
• The atomic idea
• The wave-particle duality
• Equilibrium and minimization of total energy
• Dimensional analysis: A short-cut to physics relations
• PART 2: This World, this small World, the great
• From quark and gluons to hadrons
• From protons and neutrons to nuclei
• From nuclei and electrons to atoms
• From atoms to molecules
• From atoms and molecules to solids and liquids
• Planets
• Stars, dead or alive
• Cosmology
• Revisiting photons.