- ISBN13: 9781934389423
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
As we humans have expanded our horizons to see things vastly smaller, faster, larger, and farther than ever before, we have been forced to confront preconceptions born of the human experience and create wholly new ways of looking at the world around us. The theories of relativity and quantum physics were developed out of this need and have provided us with phenomenal, mind-twisting insights into the strange and exciting reality show of our universe.
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Relativity and Quantum Physics For Beginners
Tags: horizons, human experience, insights, looking at the world, new ways, preconceptions, quantum physics, reality show, theories of relativity, universe
#1 by Polymath on June 29, 2010 - 7:56 am
I thought the book did a much better job with quantum theory than relativity. For example, the twins paradox is not discussed at all in the relativity section (the first part of the book), but the modern interpretation of electrons as an ever changing collection of virtual particles is discussed in some detail toward the end of the book. I felt I learned something there. Otherwise the book just covered “the usual suspects” in pretty standard ways. The graphics are fine, and the text easy to read. In the end, I got my money’s worth, in a break even sort of way.
Rating: 3 / 5