Newton And Modern Physics
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Newton And Modern Physics
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Author : Peter Rowlands
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2017-08-07
Newton And Modern Physics written by Peter Rowlands and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-07 with Science categories.
This book looks at how Newton's theories can be linked to modern day problems and solutions in physics. Newton created an abstract system of theorizing which has been applied to all aspects of the physical world, however he had difficulties in persuading his contemporaries of its unique merits. A detailed study of Newton's writings, published and unpublished, suggests that he had an almost archetypally powerful mode of thinking guaranteed to produce 'correct' results even in areas of physics where systematic study only began long after his time. Newton and Modern Physics investigates this phenomenon, looking at examples of where Newton's principles have relevance to modern day thinking — the study of Newton's work in both seventeenth century and present-day contexts helps to enhance our understanding of both.
The Birth Of Science
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Author : Alex Ely Kossovsky
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-08-14
The Birth Of Science written by Alex Ely Kossovsky and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-14 with Science categories.
This book reveals the multi-generational process involved in humanity's first major scientific achievement, namely the discovery of modern physics, and examines the personal lives of six of the intellectual giants involved. It explores the profound revolution in the way of thinking, and in particular the successful refutation of the school of thought inherited from the Greeks, which focused on the perfection and immutability of the celestial world. In addition, the emergence of the scientific method and the adoption of mathematics as the central tool in scientific endeavors are discussed. The book then explores the delicate thread between pure philosophy, grand unifying theories, and verifiable real-life scientific facts. Lastly, it turns to Kepler’s crucial 3rd law and shows how it was derived from a mere six data points, corresponding to the six planets known at the time. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, the book will inform and fascinate all aficionados of science, history, philosophy, and, in particular, astronomy.
Foundations Of Modern Physics
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Author : Steven Weinberg
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-04-22
Foundations Of Modern Physics written by Steven Weinberg and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-22 with Science categories.
Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg explains the foundations of modern physics in historical context for undergraduates and beyond.
Classical Mechanics
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Author : Martin W. McCall
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-07-22
Classical Mechanics written by Martin W. McCall and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-22 with Science categories.
This new edition of Classical Mechanics, aimed at undergraduate physics and engineering students, presents ina user-friendly style an authoritative approach to the complementary subjects of classical mechanics and relativity. The text starts with a careful look at Newton's Laws, before applying them in one dimension to oscillations and collisions. More advanced applications - including gravitational orbits and rigid body dynamics - are discussed after the limitations of Newton's inertial frames have been highlighted through an exposition of Einstein's Special Relativity. Examples given throughout are often unusual for an elementary text, but are made accessible to the reader through discussion and diagrams. Updates and additions for this new edition include: New vector notation in Chapter 1 An enhanced discussion of equilibria in Chapter 2 A new section on a body falling a large distance towards a gravitational source in Chapter 2 New sections in Chapter 8 on general rotation about a fixed principal axes, simple examples of principal axes and principal moments of inertia and kinetic energy of a body rotating about a fixed axis New sections in chapter 9: Foucault pendulum and free rotation of a rigid body; the latter including the famous tennis racquet theorem Enhanced chapter summaries at the end of each chapter Novel problems with numerical answers A solutions manual is available at: www.wiley.com/go/mccall
Newton Innovation And Controversy
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Author : Peter Rowlands
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2017-11-10
Newton Innovation And Controversy written by Peter Rowlands and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-10 with Science categories.
Unique among celebrated scientists, Newton was equally gifted at theoretical physics, experimental physics and pure mathematics. He was also exceptional in another, less well-recognised sense. No one has come near to equalling his extraordinary analytical power.Analytically-derived truths are controversial because such truths can only be established by extended experimental verification or by their success in generating further truths by systematic development. While Newton's optics was ultimately established by the first method and his theory of gravity by the second, much of his work on other subjects, though equally powerful and innovative, has never been totally established as part of this analytical context. This book discusses why the innovations matter today and why they were, and sometimes still are, controversial.
Newton Faraday Einstein From Classical Physics To Modern Physics
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Author : Tadayoshi Shioyama
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2021-05-11
Newton Faraday Einstein From Classical Physics To Modern Physics written by Tadayoshi Shioyama and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-11 with Science categories.
Our lives have benefited immensely from the scientific evolution over the years. This book provides an overview of the lives of three great scientists, Newton, Faraday and Einstein, who made the most significant contributions to physics.Newton and Faraday laid the foundation of Newtonian mechanics and electro-magnetic theory, respectively, that constituted the two greatest contributions to classical physics. Newton elucidated the motion of celestial bodies with the three laws of motion, while Faraday researched electro-magnetic phenomena and discovered electro-magnetic induction, magneto-optical effect, etc.Furthermore, Einstein contributed to the foundation of quantum mechanics and relativity theory which comprise the two greatest theories in modern physics. By elucidating photoelectric effect, Einstein proved the correctness of the concept of quantum proposed by Planck which resulted in quantum mechanics being considered as an epoch-making mechanics following Newtonian mechanics. Einstein renovated the concept of time-space and derived the Lorentz transformation supporting relativity principle.This book will take the readers on a journey to understand the progress from classical physics to modern physics.
The Newton Wars The Beginning Of The French Enlightenment
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Author : J.B. Shank
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-09-15
The Newton Wars The Beginning Of The French Enlightenment written by J.B. Shank and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-15 with History categories.
Nothing is considered more natural than the connection between Isaac Newton’s science and the modernity that came into being during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. Terms like “Newtonianism” are routinely taken as synonyms for “Enlightenment” and “modern” thought, yet the particular conjunction of these terms has a history full of accidents and contingencies. Modern physics, for example, was not the determined result of the rational unfolding of Newton’s scientific work in the eighteenth century, nor was the Enlightenment the natural and inevitable consequence of Newton’s eighteenth-century reception. Each of these outcomes, in fact, was a contingent event produced by the particular historical developments of the early eighteenth century. A comprehensive study of public culture, The Newton Wars and the Beginning of the French Enlightenment digsbelow the surface of the commonplace narratives that link Newton with Enlightenment thought to examine the actual historical changes that brought them together in eighteenth-century time and space. Drawing on the full range of early modern scientific sources, from studied scientific treatises and academic papers to book reviews, commentaries, and private correspondence, J. B. Shank challenges the widely accepted claim that Isaac Newton’s solitary genius is the reason for his iconic status as the father of modern physics and the philosophemovement.
Six Roads From Newton
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Author : Edward Speyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994-04-29
Six Roads From Newton written by Edward Speyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-04-29 with Science categories.
Although he made his discoveries more than 300 years ago, all roads in modern physics lead back to Sir Isaac Newton. This book begins with a summary of Newton's laws, and moves on to explain six of the most important theoretical developments since Newton--wave theory, field theory, statistical probability, special relativity theory, quantum theory, and general relativity theory.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Author : Hugh Chisholm
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1911
The Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1911 with Encyclopedias and dictionaries categories.
Zero Distance
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Author : Danah Zohar
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2021-12-11
Zero Distance written by Danah Zohar and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-11 with Business & Economics categories.
This open access book offers a new management meta-theory to replace Taylorism. It presents a new paradigm in management thinking and a new, practical organizational model for implementing it in our personal and working lives, in our companies, in our communities and nations, and in a sustainable global order. It will offer an understanding of why and how “thinking-as-usual” is failing both business and political leaders in these new times, and it will advocate new thinking and new management practices that are so radically new that they turn everything we have taken for granted inside out and upside down. This new management model is called “Quantum Management Theory”, because it is rooted in the new paradigm bequeathed to us by quantum physics and its younger sibling, complexity science.