عنوان

From quarks to black holes :

(Number (ISBN

9789812386526

(Number (ISBN

9812386521

Erroneous ISBN

9789810246259

Erroneous ISBN

9810246250

Number

b758485

Title Proper

From quarks to black holes :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

interviewing the universe /

First Statement of Responsibility

Richard T. Hammond.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

River Edge, NJ :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

World Scientific,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2001.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiii, 174 pages)

Text of Note

0.1. Interview with a carbon atom -- 0.2. Interview with an electron -- 0.3. Interview with Jupiter -- 0.4. Interview with a black hole -- 0.5. Interview with a uranium atom -- 0.6. Interview with a fermion and a boson -- 0.7. Interview with a star -- 0.8. Interview with a Wimp -- 0.9. Interview with a comet -- 0.10. Interview with a spiral galaxy -- Interview with a neutrino -- 0.12. Interview with a hydrogen atom -- 0.13. Interview with a neutron -- 0.14. Interview with a quark -- 0.15. Interview with a tachyon -- 0.16. Interview with a quasar -- 0.17. Interview with antimatter -- 0.18. Interview with iron -- 0.19. Interview with a muon -- 0.20. Interview with a neutron star -- 0.21. Interview with a string -- 0.22. Interview with vacuum.

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Text of Note

This book presents a series of delightful interviews in which natural objects such as an electron, a black hole, a galaxy, and even the vacuum itself, reveal their innermost secrets - not only what they are but also how they feel. A hydrogen atom tells us about quantum mechanics and why we live in a non-deterministic world; a black hole explains curved space and naked singularities; and a uranium atom talks of its life on a meteor, its tremendous collision with Earth, and properties of radioactivity - all while grappling with its own mortality. A neutron star gives a personal account of its creation and goes on to discuss quasars and other extraordinary astronomical objects, while an iron atom describes its birth in a remote supernova explosion and its series of adventures on Earth, from its early use in wrought iron processes to its time in a human body, and then to its latest misadventures. The book discusses many fundamental issues in physics and, at times, examines the philosophical and moral issues of society. For example, the interview with the quark reveals the nature of color gauge symmetry, which is interwoven with a discussion on truth and beauty, and shows how these concepts play an integral part in physics and nature, while the uranium atom expresses its horror of the development and use of the atomic bomb.

Title

From quarks to black holes.

International Standard Book Number

9810246250

Physics, Popular works.

Kosmologie.

Physics.

SCIENCE-- Energy.

SCIENCE-- Mechanics-- General.

SCIENCE-- Physics-- General.

SCI-- 024000

SCI-- 041000

SCI-- 055000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Hammond, Richard T.

Date of Transaction

20201204182951.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

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Electronic name

[Book]

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