The Quest for Unity
The Adventure of Physics
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 1 July 1999
- ISBN 9780195120851
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages176 pages
- Size 244x163x18 mm
- Weight 435 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Quantum physicist Etienne Klein and astrophysicist Marc Lachieze-Rey present and comment on the successive unifications that have marked the fundamental advances in physics from Newton's theory of gravitation unifying celestial and terrestrial mechanics, through Faraday and Maxwell's unification of electromagnetism and the unification of electromagnetism with the weak nuclear force by Salam, Weinberg and Glashow to the current search for a theory of quantum gravitation that would bring about the unification of all known forces in a theory of everything. A good deal of modern theoretical physics is lightly and gracefully explained, rooted in a philosophical examination of the motivations that drive physicists and physics. The book is a rather poetic discourse on the nature of elegance and beauty in physics, seeking to explain how and why beauty is a reliable guide in the ongoing search for Truth in physics.
MoreLong description:
Quantum physicist Etienne Klein and astrophysicist Marc Lachieze-Rey present and comment on the successive unifications that have marked the fundamental advances in physics. A good deal of modern theoretical physics is lightly and gracefully explained, rooted in a philosophical examination of the motivations that drive physicists and physics. The book is a discourse on the nature of elegance and beauty in physics, seeking to explain how and why beauty is a reliable guide in the ongoing search for Truth in physics.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction
The Greek Conceptions of Unity
The Official Birth of Physics
The History of Physics: A Series of Unifications
Modern Unifications
The Unity of Physics
Dreams of Unity at the Close of the Twentieth Century
Conclusion
