Exploring the Physics of the Unknown Universe: An Adventurer's Guide

Wolff, Milo

ISBN 10: 0962778702 / ISBN 13: 9780962778704

Published by Technotran, 1991

About this Item

Hardback. DJ has minor shelf wear, slight tanning, indents, faint marks. Book has slight warp, boards marked at edges. Shelf dirt and yellowing to page edges. Binding tight. Pages largely clean, mark to margin of title page, page margins yellowed, overall a good copy that is priced accordingly. Dispatched from UK in one to two working days.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exploring the Physics of the Unknown Universe: An Adventurer's Guide
• Publisher: Technotran
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0962778702
• ISBN 13: 9780962778704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Wolff, Jennifer Snow
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good/Good Plus
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good/Very Good Minus

About this title

Synopsis

Part I describes the fundamental laws underlying science. The emphasis is on intuitive understanding of the foundations of scientific knowledge to enable deciphering of Mother Nature's designs for the physical universe. It explains the six fundamental laws: Conservation of Energy, Gravity, Coulomb's force, Newton's laws, Quantum Mechanics, and Special Relativity. The book follows a trail of scientific ideas and clues from the Greeks to Newton, Mach, Clifford, Einstein, Dirac, and Feynman to Modern galactic astronomy. Part II discusses cosmology, space and the universe. It explores their enigmas and paradoxes. Dr Wolff's role is a friendly guide to the reader, enabling her/him to understand the machinery behind Nature's laws, and to help solve the puzzles which have confounded scientists over the years. The century-old controversy of wave structure or substance structure of particles is examined and it is shown that a wave structure is the probable origin of the natural laws. The mys

From the Publisher

We know that a buyer with scientific curiosity will find endless enjoyment reading this book. Milo Wolff tells you about puzzles of the universe which have intrigued the greatest minds of the past. He explains them in a reader-friendly style and gives you an inuitive understanding that will help you solve the puzzles. You will want to keep this book because it will be a classic reference for you, for years to come.