Download or read book Beyond Classical Physics written by Mark A. Cunningham and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This undergraduate textbook discusses the nature of the microscopic universe from a modern perspective, based on Einstein's notions of relativity and Noether's proof of the emergence of conservation laws from symmetries of the equations of motion. These ideas drove the development of the Standard Model of particle physics and subsequent attempts to define a unified (string) theory. The second half of the book explores various aspects of many-body physics, ranging from chemical systems to plasmas to black holes. Like the previous textbook authored by by Mark Cunningham, Neoclassical Physics, this text uses a guided discovery approach of instruction, highlighting the experimental results that drove development of our modern picture of subatomic physics. Many problems utilize Mathematica® software to enable students to explore the meaning of different equations in a graphical manner. Students will gain an appreciation of the current state of physical theory, in preparation for more detailed, advanced study as upperclassmen.
Download or read book Covariant Physics written by Moataz Emam and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-02-21 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A textbook for 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students using the fundamental principle of covariance as a basis for studying classical mechanics, electrodynamics, the special theory of relativity, and the general theory of relativity, before moving on to more advanced topics of field theory, differential forms, and modified theories of gravity.
Download or read book Nonclassical Physics written by Randy Harris and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting a flexible and contemporary approach, and examining the most relevant and newest topics, this physics text is enhanced by the optional self-contained sections and exercises. It also includes special progress and application sections.
Download or read book Quantum Reality written by Nick Herbert and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-09-21 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clearly explained layman's introduction to quantum physics is an accessible excursion into metaphysics and the meaning of reality. Herbert exposes the quantum world and the scientific and philosophical controversy about its interpretation.
Download or read book Beyond Weird written by Philip Ball and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.” Since Niels Bohr said this many years ago, quantum mechanics has only been getting more shocking. We now realize that it’s not really telling us that “weird” things happen out of sight, on the tiniest level, in the atomic world: rather, everything is quantum. But if quantum mechanics is correct, what seems obvious and right in our everyday world is built on foundations that don’t seem obvious or right at all—or even possible. An exhilarating tour of the contemporary quantum landscape, Beyond Weird is a book about what quantum physics really means—and what it doesn’t. Science writer Philip Ball offers an up-to-date, accessible account of the quest to come to grips with the most fundamental theory of physical reality, and to explain how its counterintuitive principles underpin the world we experience. Over the past decade it has become clear that quantum physics is less a theory about particles and waves, uncertainty and fuzziness, than a theory about information and knowledge—about what can be known, and how we can know it. Discoveries and experiments over the past few decades have called into question the meanings and limits of space and time, cause and effect, and, ultimately, of knowledge itself. The quantum world Ball shows us isn’t a different world. It is our world, and if anything deserves to be called “weird,” it’s us.
Download or read book No Nonsense Classical Mechanics written by Jakob Schwichtenberg and published by No-Nonsense Books. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning classical mechanics doesn’t have to be hard What if there was a way to learn classical mechanics without all the usual fluff? What if there were a book that allowed you to see the whole picture and not just tiny parts of it? Thoughts like this are the reason that No-Nonsense Classical Mechanics now exists. What will you learn from this book? Get to know all fundamental mechanics concepts — Grasp why we can describe classical mechanics using the Lagrangian formalism, the Newtonian formalism, or the Hamiltonian formalism and how these frameworks are connected.Learn to describe classical mechanics mathematically — Understand the meaning and origin of the most important equations: Newton's second law, the Euler-Lagrange equation and Hamilton's equations.Master the most important classical mechanics systems — Read fully annotated, step-by-step calculations and understand the general algorithm we use to describe them.Get an understanding you can be proud of — Learn about beautiful and deep insights like Noether's theorem or Liouville's theorem and how classical mechanics emerges in a proper limit of special relativity, quantum mechanics and general relativity. No-Nonsense Classical Mechanics is the most student-friendly book on classical nechanics ever written. Here’s why. First of all, it's is nothing like a formal university lecture. Instead, it’s like a casual conservation with a more experienced student. This also means that nothing is assumed to be “obvious” or “easy to see”.Each chapter, each section, and each page focuses solely on the goal to help you understand. Nothing is introduced without a thorough motivation and it is always clear where each equation comes from.The book contains no fluff since unnecessary content quickly leads to confusion. Instead, it ruthlessly focuses on the fundamentals and makes sure you’ll understand them in detail. The primary focus on the readers’ needs is also visible in dozens of small features that you won’t find in any other textbook In total, the book contains more than 100 illustrations that help you understand the most important concepts visually. In each chapter, you’ll find fully annotated equations and calculations are done carefully step-by-step. This makes it much easier to understand what’s going on in.Whenever a concept is used that was already introduced previously there is a short sidenote that reminds you where it was first introduced and often recites the main points. In addition, there are summaries at the beginning of each chapter that make sure you won’t get lost.
Download or read book Beyond the Mechanical Universe written by Richard P. Olenick and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-12-26 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1987 book studies electricity and magnetism, light, the special theory of relativity and modern physics.
Download or read book Classical Physics of Matter written by J Bolton and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical Physics of Matter explores the properties of matter that can be explained more or less directly in terms of classical physics. Among the topics discussed are the principles of flight and the operation of engines and refrigerators. The discussion introduces ideas such as temperature, heat, and entropy that will take you beyond Newtonian mechanics and into the realm of thermodynamics and statistical physics.
Download or read book Classical Physics Beyond Einstein s written by Alexandre Kassiantchouk and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-07-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is different from answering fascinating questions, which were covered in "Time Matters, 10th edition" my previous book, like these: What is Time? - Time is Quantum fluctuations, just like Temperature is Brownian motion. What is Gravity? - Gravity is Time pressure: pressure from faster Quantum fluctuations in the direction of slower time. How Matter and Galaxies appeared? - From Time burning: when blobs of slow time (when there was no Matter yet) were colliding at a speed exceeding local speed limit. Does Bob Lazar's story physics check out? - It does! What UFOs are? How can UFOs survive 1000×g acceleration? ... The current book provides a clear foundation for physicists to discard Dark Science, which was cultivated for a century. Physics in this book is derived from classical mechanics in simple ways that even high school students can understand. The most advanced part used in this book is Newton-Laplace formula for a sound wave in any medium. High school students can safely take this amazingly concise formula on faith, and college students can learn how it is derived. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. METERING TIME 2. OPTICAL EFFECTS OF TIME VARIABILITY 2.1. Color Change (Redshift, Blueshift) 2.2. Refraction 2.3. Reflection 2.4. Multiple Images ★★ 2.5. Visibility Angle 2.6. Concave Lensing ★ 3. TIME POTENTIAL 3.1. Potential = 0.5×c2/D2 3.2. Gravity g = - (0.5c2/D2)' ≈ c2×D' ∇D 3.3. Gravitational Time Dilation D = exp[G×M/(R×c2)] 3.4. Escape velocity = c × √ [ 1-exp(-2G×M/(R×c2)) ] c 3.5. Action = - D2 × Reaction 3.6. Relativistic Time Dilation D = 1 / √ (1-v2/c2) 4. REVISED MASS AND ENERGY FORMULAS 4.1. Mass m = m₀×D2 4.2. E = m×c2/2 4.3. E = h×f/2 and Millikan's Test ★★ 5. CROSSING BORDER BETWEEN TIMEZONES 5.1. Mechanics by Snell's Law: Escape Velocity 5.2. Strong Force and Half-Life ★ - extended section, ★★ - new section, compared to "Time Matters" coverage. P.S. Read "Time Matters" free eBook for more at https: //www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6LZCT6Y
Download or read book Beyond Measure written by J. E. Baggott and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the problems of quantum theory from the perspective of mathematical formalism. -- Back cover.
Download or read book Covariant Physics written by Moataz H. Emam and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covariant Physics: From Classical Mechanics to General Relativity and Beyond endeavours to provide undergraduate students as well as self-learners with training in the fundamentals of the modern theories of spacetime, most notably the general theory of relativity as well as physics in curved spacetime backgrounds in general. This text does so with the barest of mathematical preparation. In fact, very little beyond multivariable calculus and a bit of linear algebra is assumed. Throughout this textbook, the main theme tying the various topics is the so-called principle of covariance - a fundamental symmetry of physics that one rarely encounters in undergraduate texts. The material is introduced very gradually, starting with the simplest of high school mathematics, and moving through the more intense notions of tensor calculus, geometry, and differential forms with ease. Familiar notions from classical mechanics and electrodynamics are used to increase familiarity with the advanced mathematical ideas, and to emphasize the unity of all of physics under the single principle of covariance. The mathematical and physical techniques developed in this book should allow students to perform research in various fields of theoretical physics as early as their sophomore year in college. The language the reader will learn in this book is the foundational mathematical language of many modern branches of physics, and as such should allow them to read and generally understand many modern physics papers.
Download or read book Classical Physics Beyond Einstein s written by Alexandre Kassiantchouk and published by Alexandre Kassiantchouk. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is different from answering fascinating questions, which were covered in "Time Matters, 10th edition" my previous book, like these: What is Time? — Time is Quantum fluctuations, just like Temperature is Brownian motion. What is Gravity? — Gravity is Time pressure: pressure from faster Quantum fluctuations in the direction of slower time. How Matter and Galaxies appeared? — From Time burning: when blobs of slow time (when there was no Matter yet) were colliding at a speed exceeding local speed limit. Does Bob Lazar’s story physics check out? — It does! What are UFOs? How can a UFO and its crew survive 1000×g acceleration? … The current book provides a clear foundation for physicists to discard Dark Science, which they cultivated for a century. All physics in this book is derived from classical mechanics, even teenagers can understand. The most advanced part used in this book is Newton-Laplace formula for a sound wave in any medium. High school students can safely take this amazingly simple and universal formula on faith, and college students can learn how it is derived. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. METERING TIME 2. OPTICAL EFFECTS OF TIME VARIABILITY 2.1. Color Change (Redshift, Blueshift) 2.2. Refraction 2.3. Reflection 2.4. Multiple Images ★★ 2.5. Visibility Angle 2.6. Concave Lensing ★ 3. TIME POTENTIAL 3.1. Potential = 0.5×c²/D² 3.2. Gravity g = – (0.5c²/D²)' ≈ c²×D' ~ ∇D 3.3. Gravitational Time Dilation D = exp[G×M/(R×c²)] 3.4. Escape velocity = c × √ [ 1–exp(–2G×M/(R×c²)) ] < c 3.5. Action = – D² × Reaction 3.6. Relativistic Time Dilation D = 1 / √ (1–v²/c²) 4. REVISED MASS AND ENERGY FORMULAS 4.1. Mass m = m₀×D² 4.2. E = m×c²/2 4.3. E = h×f/2 and Millikan's Test ★★ 5. CROSSING BORDER BETWEEN TIMEZONES 5.1. Mechanics by Snell’s Law: Escape Velocity 5.2. Strong Force and Half–Life ★ – extended section, ★★ – new section, compared to "Time Matters" coverage. P.S. "Time Matters" eBook is free at https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=8aQNEQAAQBAJ .
Download or read book Modern Classical Physics written by Kip S. Thorne and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 1551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking text and reference book on twenty-first-century classical physics and its applications This first-year graduate-level text and reference book covers the fundamental concepts and twenty-first-century applications of six major areas of classical physics that every masters- or PhD-level physicist should be exposed to, but often isn't: statistical physics, optics (waves of all sorts), elastodynamics, fluid mechanics, plasma physics, and special and general relativity and cosmology. Growing out of a full-year course that the eminent researchers Kip Thorne and Roger Blandford taught at Caltech for almost three decades, this book is designed to broaden the training of physicists. Its six main topical sections are also designed so they can be used in separate courses, and the book provides an invaluable reference for researchers. Presents all the major fields of classical physics except three prerequisites: classical mechanics, electromagnetism, and elementary thermodynamics Elucidates the interconnections between diverse fields and explains their shared concepts and tools Focuses on fundamental concepts and modern, real-world applications Takes applications from fundamental, experimental, and applied physics; astrophysics and cosmology; geophysics, oceanography, and meteorology; biophysics and chemical physics; engineering and optical science and technology; and information science and technology Emphasizes the quantum roots of classical physics and how to use quantum techniques to elucidate classical concepts or simplify classical calculations Features hundreds of color figures, some five hundred exercises, extensive cross-references, and a detailed index An online illustration package is available
Download or read book Beyond the Dynamical Universe written by Michael Silberstein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theoretical physics and foundations of physics have not made much progress in the last few decades. Whether we are talking about unifying general relativity and quantum field theory (quantum gravity), explaining so-called dark energy and dark matter (cosmology), or the interpretation and implications of quantum mechanics and relativity, there is no consensus in sight. In addition, both enterprises are deeply puzzled about various facets of time including above all, time as experienced. The authors argue that, across the board, this impasse is the result of the "dynamical universe paradigm," the idea that reality is fundamentally made up of physical entities that evolve in time from some initial state according to dynamical laws. Thus, in the dynamical universe, the initial conditions plus the dynamical laws explain everything else going exclusively forward in time. In cosmology, for example, the initial conditions reside in the Big Bang and the dynamical law is supplied by general relativity. Accordingly, the present state of the universe is explained exclusively by its past. This book offers a completely new paradigm (called Relational Blockworld), whereby the past, present and future co-determine each other via "adynamical global constraints," such as the least action principle. Accordingly, the future is just as important for explaining the present as is the past. Most of the book is devoted to showing how Relational Blockworld resolves many of the current conundrums of both theoretical physics and foundations of physics, including the mystery of time as experienced and how that experience relates to the block universe.
Download or read book Reexamining the Quantum Classical Relation written by Alisa Bokulich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relation between quantum mechanics and classical mechanics, argued from historical, philosophical, and scientific perspectives.
Download or read book Group Theory for the Standard Model of Particle Physics and Beyond written by Ken J. Barnes and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the author’s well-established courses, Group Theory for the Standard Model of Particle Physics and Beyond explores the use of symmetries through descriptions of the techniques of Lie groups and Lie algebras. The text develops the models, theoretical framework, and mathematical tools to understand these symmetries. After linking symmetries with conservation laws, the book works through the mathematics of angular momentum and extends operators and functions of classical mechanics to quantum mechanics. It then covers the mathematical framework for special relativity and the internal symmetries of the standard model of elementary particle physics. In the chapter on Noether’s theorem, the author explains how Lagrangian formalism provides a natural framework for the quantum mechanical interpretation of symmetry principles. He then examines electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions; spontaneous symmetry breaking; the elusive Higgs boson; and supersymmetry. He also introduces new techniques based on extending space–time into dimensions described by anticommuting coordinates. Designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in physics, this text provides succinct yet complete coverage of the group theory of the symmetries of the standard model of elementary particle physics. It will help students understand current knowledge about the standard model as well as the physics that potentially lies beyond the standard model.
Download or read book Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics second edition written by Gerald Jay Sussman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2015-02-06 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of a classic text that concentrates on developing general methods for studying the behavior of classical systems, with extensive use of computation. We now know that there is much more to classical mechanics than previously suspected. Derivations of the equations of motion, the focus of traditional presentations of mechanics, are just the beginning. This innovative textbook, now in its second edition, concentrates on developing general methods for studying the behavior of classical systems, whether or not they have a symbolic solution. It focuses on the phenomenon of motion and makes extensive use of computer simulation in its explorations of the topic. It weaves recent discoveries in nonlinear dynamics throughout the text, rather than presenting them as an afterthought. Explorations of phenomena such as the transition to chaos, nonlinear resonances, and resonance overlap to help the student develop appropriate analytic tools for understanding. The book uses computation to constrain notation, to capture and formalize methods, and for simulation and symbolic analysis. The requirement that the computer be able to interpret any expression provides the student with strict and immediate feedback about whether an expression is correctly formulated. This second edition has been updated throughout, with revisions that reflect insights gained by the authors from using the text every year at MIT. In addition, because of substantial software improvements, this edition provides algebraic proofs of more generality than those in the previous edition; this improvement permeates the new edition.
