Description
The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at the same time is simple, elegant, and beautiful. Where did these laws and these constants come
from? And why are the laws so fruitful when written in the language of mathematics? Peter Atkins considers the minimum effort needed to equip the Universe with its laws and its constants. He explores the origin of the conservation of energy, of electromagnetism, of classical and quantum mechanics, and of thermodynamics, showing how all these laws spring from deep symmetries. The
revolutionary result is a short but immensely rich weaving together of the fundamental ideas of physics. With his characteristic wit, erudition, and economy, Atkins sketches out how the laws of Nature can spring from very little. Or arguably from nothing at all.
Author: Peter Atkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/22/2018
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780198813378
ISBN10: 0198813376
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Physics | General
- Science | Space Science | Astronomy
- Science | Space Science | Cosmology
France, Israel, Japan, China, and New Zealand. He was the founding chairman of the Committee on Chemistry Education of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and was a member of IUPAC's Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division. He was the 2016 recipient of the American Chemical
Society's Grady-Stack Award for the communication of chemistry to the public.
from? And why are the laws so fruitful when written in the language of mathematics? Peter Atkins considers the minimum effort needed to equip the Universe with its laws and its constants. He explores the origin of the conservation of energy, of electromagnetism, of classical and quantum mechanics, and of thermodynamics, showing how all these laws spring from deep symmetries. The
revolutionary result is a short but immensely rich weaving together of the fundamental ideas of physics. With his characteristic wit, erudition, and economy, Atkins sketches out how the laws of Nature can spring from very little. Or arguably from nothing at all.
Author: Peter Atkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/22/2018
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780198813378
ISBN10: 0198813376
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Physics | General
- Science | Space Science | Astronomy
- Science | Space Science | Cosmology
About the Author
Peter Atkins, Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford
France, Israel, Japan, China, and New Zealand. He was the founding chairman of the Committee on Chemistry Education of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and was a member of IUPAC's Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division. He was the 2016 recipient of the American Chemical
Society's Grady-Stack Award for the communication of chemistry to the public.