The Great Design: Particles, Fields, and Creation
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.20 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195043804 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Adair gently guides the reader through the ideas of particles, fields, relativity, and quantum mechanics. Here at last is a comprehensive--and comprehensible--account of particles, fields and cosmology written by a working physicist not burdened by the weight of ponderous scientific notation. Adair gives us a feel for how physicists think about problems: what assumptions must be made to simplify impossibly complex relationships between objects, on what scale the problem needs to be treated, how measurements are made, and what the interplay between theory and experiment is. He explains the great discoveries of this century, which have caused a revolution in how we view the universe, in logical, simple terms not requiring anything beyond high school algebra to comprehend. Although modern physics surrounds us, its concepts constantly referred to in every newspaper, even educated nonscientists find the subject intimidating in the extreme. Most attempts to explain physics to general readers are either obscured by masses of mathematics or gross oversimplifications written by laymen. Robert K. He captures the flavor of the joy of discovery at the h
Harold D. , Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. . 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. Shane, Mathematics Dept., Baruch Coll. 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. This is a good book for anyone who has studied some physics at the undergraduate level but never really grasped its unifying concept
conveying a lot of important physics in an understandable way for those who want to put in some mental effort and who want to se Nicholas Warren This ia a very deep book, conveying a lot of important physics in an understandable way for those who want to put in some mental effort and who want to see how the concepts fit together without math beyond a good High School level. If you study it (and i. A Well Designed Book! Autodidact Andy This book makes for a great introduction of particles & fields for the layman who is inclined to take on a book which surpasses the completely qualitative & popular (non-technical/historical) books that one can easily find at your local bookstore. I shou. Not the best I've been drudging through this book for months now. It's not an easy read, and not because of the mathematics. It's just not written in a style that flows very well. This could just be personal taste though. I have a background in physics and mathematic