Название: All of Physics (Almost) in 15 EquationsАвтор: Bruno Mansoulié
Издательство: World Scientific Publishing Company
Год: 2018
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 130
Размер: 10 Mb
Язык: English
The book comprises 15 short chapters, each presenting an important equation of Physics, from the simplest and oldest, to more complex and recent ones. The target audience is the interested general public, hence no mathematics is involved (beyond the simple expression of each equation).
What can a professional 'read' in an equation? Does one see a rainbow differently when one knows the law of refraction of light? Do some equations tell more than what they were invented for? The book presents an opportunity to think about the nature of the physical laws (without writing a philosophy treatise): are they written in advance, or only the result of our imagination?
Memories and personal quotes in the book underline the intimate relation between a scientist and his research, and the interplay with his personal life. Each chapter is illustrated by a full page artistic drawing by Lison Bernet, sometimes kind, sometimes funny, and always poetic.
Contents:
Foreword
The Law of Light Reflection
Snell-Descartes Law ... and the Principle of Least Action
The Fundamental Principle of Dynamics (Newton's Second Law)
The Law of Gravitation (Newton's First Law)
The Ideal Gas Law
Hooke's Law
Navier-Stokes Equation
Maxwell's Equations
The Matter-Energy Equivalence
Schrödinger's Equation
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Relations
Einstein's Equations, General Relativity
Dirac's Equation
Feynman Diagrams
The Standard Model
The Limits of the Standard Model ... and Future Physics
Index
Readership: Students and teachers, also suitable for the general public, who are keen on learning physics.