Einstein's Relativity and the Quantum Revolution
Modern Physics for Non-Scientists, 2nd Edition
Edición de la obra Einstein's relativity and the quantum revolution
| Autor | Richard Wolfson |
|---|---|
| Editorial | The Great Courses |
| Fecha de publicación | 2000 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 170 |
| Número de Cutter | W861e |
Topics include Einstein's theory of gravity; curved spacetime; black holes; twentieth-century models of atomic matter; the photoelectric effect; the quantum; light as both wave and particle; the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and the Copenhagen interpretation; Schrodinger's cat example; quantum superposition and the collapse of the wave function; neutrons, protons, quarks and their behavior; the Big Bang and the expansion of the universe; string theory.