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by Peter T. Landsberg


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Seeking Ultimates: An Intuitive Guide to Physics, Second Edition takes us on a journey that explores the limits of our scientific knowledge, emphasizing the gaps that are left. The book starts with everyday concepts such as temperature, and proceeds to energy, the Periodic Table, and then to more advanced ideas. The author examines the nature of time and entropy, chaos, quantum theory, cosmology, and some aspects of mathematics, confirming that our understanding is necessarily incomplete. Using references to historical figures in science as well as thought-provoking illustrations, Seeking Ultimates encourages you to consider your scientific knowledge in a new light. You will be able to reassess your belief in "truths" as presented (such as mathematical theorems) and to reconsider philosophical issues of theology and happiness. A comprehensive glossary explains in clear language the technical terms so that nonscientists can enjoy the text.

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  • Title Seeking Ultimates: An Intuitive Guide to Physics, Second Edition
  • Author Peter T. Landsberg
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd Revised edit
  • Pages 326
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher CRC Press, Bristol, PA
  • Date December 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780750306577 / 0750306572
  • Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.48 x 5.46 x 0.69 in (21.54 x 13.87 x 1.75 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Physics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99055029
  • Dewey Decimal Code 530

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Citations

  • Choice, 09/01/2000, Page 170
  • Scitech Book News, 06/01/2000, Page 42

About the author

Peter T Landsberg is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Southampton, UK. He is well known for his research into semiconductor theory and has published widely. His earlier publications include Enigma of Time, also published by Institute of Physics Publishing.
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