| Description |
xxi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Part I. Reflections on the Pursuit of Physics: 1. E. pluribus boojum: the physicist as neologist -- 2. Commencement address -- 3. One of the great physicists and great characters -- 4. My life with Landeau -- 5. What's wrong with this lagrangean? -- 6. What's wrong with this library? -- 7. What's wrong with this prose? -- 8. What's wrong with these equations? -- 9. What's wrong with these prizes? -- Part II. The Quantum Theory: 10. Quantum mysteries for anyone -- 11. Can you help your team tonight by watching on TV? -- 12. Spooky actions at a distance: mysteries of the quantum -- 13. A bolt from the blue: The Eistein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox -- 14. The philosophical writings of Neils Bohr -- 15. The great quantum muddle -- 16. What's wrong with this pillow? -- Part III. Relativity: 17. Cruel nature: a relativistic tragicomedy -- 18. The amazing many coloured relativity engine -- 19. Relativistic addition of velocities directly from the constancy of the velocity of light -- 20. Relativity without light -- 21. E = Mc2 (written with M. J. Feigenbaum) -- Part IV Mathematical Musings: 22. Logarithms! -- 23. Stirling's formula! -- 24. Pi in the sky -- 25. Variational principles in dynamics and quantum theory -- 26. Special functions: a group theoretic approach |
| Analysis |
Scientific writing Style |
| Bibliography |
Inlcudes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Communication in physics.
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Communication in science.
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Physics -- Popular works.
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Physics.
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Written communication.
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| LC no. |
89037184 |
| ISBN |
0521382319 |
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0521388805 (paperback) |
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