Mark P. Silverman

And Yet It Moves

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1993, this book is a largely nonmathematical account of some of the strange behaviour exhibited by moving particles, fluids and waves.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9780521446310
• ISBN-10: 0521446317
• Artikelnr.: 25288823

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. The fire within
1. The unimaginably strange behaviour of free electrons
2. Quantum beats and giant atoms
3. And yet it moves: exotic atoms and the invariance of charge
4. Reflections on light
5. Two worlds, large and small: Earth and atom
6. The Wirbelrohr's roar (...or rather whistle)
7. Science and wonder
Selected papers by the author
Index.