Based on lectures given in honor of Stephen Hawking's 60th birthday, this book comprises contributions from the world's leading theoretical physicists. Popular lectures progress to a critical evaluation of more advanced subjects in modern cosmology…
De reeds respectabele lijst van boeken en artikelen over de relativiteitstheorie van Einstein breidt zich nog voortdurend uit, hetgeen wel bewijst dat het onderwerp nog altijd springlevend is. daartegenover staat dat het aantal boeken hierover, dat…
a distinguished physicist takes an enlightening look at three scientists whose work unlocked many mysteries: Galileo, the first to examine the process of free and restricted fall; Newton, originator of a universal force; and Einstein, who proposed…
Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many thousands of readers (since his first appearance over fifty years ago) as the bank clerk whose fantastic dreams and adventures lead him into a world inside the atom. George Gamow's classic provides a…
"Dr. Gamow, physicist and gifted writer, has sketched an intriguing portrait of the scientists and clashing ideas that made the quantum revolution." — Christian Science Monitor
In 1900, German physicist Max Planck postulated that light, or radiant…
De Nederlandse natuurkundige Erik Verlinde (hoogleraar aan de UvA) wordt wel de nieuwe Einstein genoemd. In de verhitte strijd die wordt gevoerd over mogelijke verklaringen voor de onbegrepen 95 procent van ons universum, komt hij met een…
Vragen over de aard en de oorsprong van de tijd worden al lang gesteld. Fundamentele ideeën kwamen op bij antieke denkers als Plato, Aristoteles en Augustinus. In de moderne tijd heeft vooral de natuurkunde verrassende inzichten opgeleverd. Zoals de…
This volume describes a new technology based on harnessing the irreducible uncertainty of the quantum world. Quantum technology manipulates nature at the most elementary level. The first chapter gives the essential principles of quantum mechanical…
For beginners and specialists in other fields: the Nobel Laureate's widely admired introduction to atomic spectra and their relationship to atomic structures, stressing basic principles. The treatment is physical, rather than mathematical, with…