Seth Stannard Cottrell

eBook, PDF

Do Colors Exist? (eBook, PDF)

And Other Profound Physics Questions

Beschreibung

Features a wide number of very interesting questions of wide appeal

Written in a casual style accessible to a very wide audience

Chapters are independent from each other and can be read in any order

Contains resources for further exploration of each topic

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
• ohne Kopierschutz
• Größe: 9.7MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Seth Cottrell is a mathematical physicist and the creator and co-editor of Ask a Mathematician / Ask a Physicist.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319643618
• Artikelnr.: 52541870

Rezensionen

Cottrell's book is a feast for curious minds, particularly those hungry for more equations and deeper mathematical detail than what is usually present in scientific books aimed at a general audience. Representing a sort of dialogue between the author and readers of the website Ask a Mathematician / Ask a Physicist, one finds big questions ranging from reasonable ("What does E=mc2 mean?") to outlandish ("What would the Earth be like to us if it were a cube?") to outright mind-bending ("Does quantum mechanics really say there is more than one me?") - all answered in friendly yet satisfyingly detailed short articles. Readers are sure to finish the book aware of a richer, more nuanced universe, and with many big questions of their own.

Robert Schneider
Department of Mathematics, University of Georgia