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Great Ideas in Physics

The Conservation of Energy, The Second Law of Thermodynamics, The Theory of Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics

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  • 300 pages
  • 11 hours of reading

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Explains the physics behind each of the four ideas - the conservation of energy, the second law of thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics - and deftly untangles for lay readers such knotty concepts as entropy, the relativity of time, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

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Great Ideas in Physics, Alan Lightman

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Released
2000
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Title
Great Ideas in Physics
Subtitle
The Conservation of Energy, The Second Law of Thermodynamics, The Theory of Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics
Language
English
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Released
2000
Format
Paperback
Pages
300
ISBN10
0071357386
ISBN13
9780071357388
Series
Description
Explains the physics behind each of the four ideas - the conservation of energy, the second law of thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics - and deftly untangles for lay readers such knotty concepts as entropy, the relativity of time, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.