Title A Short Journey from Quarks to the Universe Author(s) Economou, Eleftherios N Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. Description XIII, 146 p. 20 illus : online resource Abstract Note This book takes the reader for a short journey over the structures of matter showing that their main properties can be obtained even at a quantitative level with a minimum background knowledge. The latter, besides some high school physics and mathematics, consists of the three cornerstones of science presented in chapters 1 to 3, namely the atomic idea, the wave-particle duality, and the minimization of energy as the condition for equilibrium. Dimensional analysis employing the universal constants and combined with ???a little imagination and thinking???, to quote Feynman, allows an amazing short-cut derivation of several quantitative results concerning the structures of matter. This book is expected to be of interest to physics, engineering, and other science students and to researchers in physics, material science, chemistry, and engineering who may find stimulating the alternative derivation of several real world results, which sometimes seem to pop out the magician???s hat ISBN,Price 9783642200892 Keyword(s) 1. ASTROPHYSICS 2. Astrophysics and Astroparticles 3. Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics 4. ATOMS 5. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory 6. CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS 7. EBOOK 8. EBOOK - SPRINGER 9. ELECTRODYNAMICS 10. Geotechnical engineering 11. Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences 12. GRAVITATION 13. OPTICS 14. PHYSICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I07863     On Shelf