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The world according to physics

Al-Khalili, Jim, (1962-)

The world according to physics

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The world according to physicsJim Al-Khalili.
Author:	Al-Khalili, Jim,
Published:	Princeton :Princeton University Press,c2020.
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Physics
Online resource:	https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691201672
ISBN:	9780691201672$q(e-book)

The world according to physics
Al-Khalili, Jim,1962-

The world according to physics[electronic resource] /Jim Al-Khalili. - 1st ed. - Princeton :Princeton University Press,c2020. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Scale -- Space and time -- Energy and matter -- The quantum world -- Thermodynamics and the arrow of time -- Unification -- The future of physics -- The usefulness of physics -- Thinking like a physicist.

"This book frames the nature and importance of modern physics in an accessible, compelling, succinct way, showing lay readers that physics is crucial to our modern understanding of the world-and indeed the world as we currently know and experience it. Through the narrative, the book naturally describes essential facets of what physics is and why it has become such a (some might say, the) fundamental science. In addition, the reader will gain a sense of the grand scope and sweep of science and the collective, self-correcting nature of how science is done. For some, the book may serve as an invitation to physics. To others, it may serve to clarify the role of physics and describe a shared, global, centuries-long quest for fundamental knowledge"--

ISBN: 9780691201672$q(e-book)

LCCN: 2019029701Subjects--Topical Terms:

218415
Physics

LC Class. No.: QC24.5

Dewey Class. No.: 530

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