The Great Design: Particles, Fields, and Creation
by Adair, Robert K
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+
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About This Item
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. VG+. 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A VG+ copy in a Fine dust jacket. Former owner's addres s label affixed to the front and rear endpapers. Name stamped at the e dges of the upper and lower page block. Blind stamp on the half title page. .
Synopsis
Although modern physics surrounds us, and newspapers constantly refer to its concepts, most nonscientists find the subject extremely intimidating. Complicated mathematics or gross oversimplifications written by laypersons obscure most attempts to explain physics to general readers. Now, at long last, we have a comprehensive--and comprehensible--account of particles, fields, and cosmology, written by a working physicist who does not burden the reader with the weight of ponderous scientific notation. Exploring how physicists think about problems, Robert K. Adair considersthe assumptions they make in order to simplify impossibly complex relationships between objects, how they determine on what scale to treat the problem, how they make measurements, and the interplay between theory and experiment...
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- Title
- The Great Design: Particles, Fields, and Creation
- Author
- Adair, Robert K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York and Oxford
- Date Published
- 1987
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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