Title From Quarks to the Universe : A Short Physics Course Author(s) Economou, Eleftherios N Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. Description XVIII, 326 p. 92 illus., 9 illus. in color : 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 including, besides first year calculus and physics, the extensive use of dimensional analysis and the three cornerstones of science, namely the atomic idea, the wave-particle duality and the minimization of energy as the condition for equilibrium. Dimensional analysis employing the universal physical constants and combined with ???a little imagination and thinking???, to quote Feynman, allow an amazing short-cut derivation of several quantitative results concerning the structures of matter. In the current 2nd edition, new material and more explanations with more detailed derivations were added to make the book more student-friendly. Many multiple-choice questions with the correct answers at the end of the book, solved and unsolved problems make the book also suitable as a textbook. This book is of interest to students of physics, engineering and other science 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 9783319206547 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. EBOOK 7. EBOOK - SPRINGER 8. Elementary particles (Physics) 9. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory 10. GRAVITATION 11. PHYSICS 12. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I09873     On Shelf