E-Book, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Web PDF
Blin-Stoyle / Ter Haar / Mendelssohn Turning Points in Physics
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4832-2139-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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A Series of Lectures Given at Oxford University in Trinity Term 1958
E-Book, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Web PDF
ISBN: 978-1-4832-2139-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Turning Points in Physics is a series of 1958 lectures presented at the Oxford University in Trinity Term. This six-chapter book highlights the interplay between assumptions, theories, and experimental discoveries in physics. The first chapter provides a brief introduction to the physical theory and field physics. The following two chapters cover the basic principles of quantum nature of matter and radiation, as well as the introduction of the probability concept in the field physics. The discussion then shifts to the theory of relativity and the fundamentals of cause and effect. The last chapter focuses on the concept of elementary particle physics. This chapter also explores general topics in physics, including conservation, quantization of change, fermions, bosons, mirror symmetry, gravitation, and masses. This book is directed toward physicists, theorists, and physics teachers and students.
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1;Front Cover;1
2;Turning Points in Physics;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;INTRODUCTION;8
6;CHAPTER I. THE END OF MECHANISTIC PHILOSOPHY AND THE RISE OF FIELD PHYSICS;12
6.1;l. Physical Theory;12
6.2;2. The Mechanistic Philosophy;13
6.3;3. The Decline of the Mechanistic Philosophy;21
6.4;4. Field Physics;26
7;CHAPTER II. THE QUANTUM NATURE OF MATTER AND RADIATION;37
8;CHAPTER III. PROBABILITY ENTERS PHYSICS;52
9;CHAPTER IV. FROM THE RELATIVE TO THE ABSOLUTE;75
10;CHAPTER V. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF CAUSALITY;91
11;CHAPTER VI. Towards New Concepts Elementary Particles;162
11.1;1. The Deficiency of Language;162
11.2;2. The Conflict of Analogies;164
11.3;3. Translational and Rotational Symmetries;167
11.4;4. Conservation and Quantization of Charge;171
11.5;5. Conservation of Baryons: Anti-Particles;173
11.6;6. Conservation of Leptons;174
11.7;7. Non–Conserved Particles;175
11.8;8. Fermions and Bosons;175
11.9;9. Spin and Statistics;176
11.10;10. Isotopie Spin;178
11.11;11. Mirror Symmetry: Parity;181
11.12;12. Particle-Anti-Particle Symmetry: Charge Conjugation;184
11.13;13. Time Reversal Symmetry;184
11.14;14. Combinations of Symmetries: Relativistic Invariance;185
11.15;13. Strangeness;185
11.16;16. Particles and Fields: The Virtual State;188
11.17;17. The Transformation of Particles;190
11.18;18. Degrees of Stability;193
11.19;19. Gravitation, Masses, Couplings;194
12;Appendix I: THE SYMMETRY AND CONSERVATION PROPERTIES;196
13;Appendix II: THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;197
