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Overview
There are some wonderfully bizarre ideas in physics, and it seems a pity to keep them locked up in small boxes, available only to an esoteric coterie of key holders. Brian Ridley's book sets out to survey in simple, non-mathematical terms what physics has to say about the fundamental structure of the universe. He deals with all the basic concepts of modern physics: elementary particles, black holes, gravity, quantum theory, time, mass, relativity and energy; this new edition also includes coverage of more recently emerging ideas including strings, imaginary time and chaos. Ridley's clear and witty account gives an exciting introduction to the non-specialist while offering a fresh perspective to scientists themselves.
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- ISBN-13: 9780521484862
- ISBN-10: 0521484863
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: March 1995
- Dimensions: 8.49 x 5.35 x 0.59 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.49 pounds
- Page Count: 204
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