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Arroyo Camejo, Silvia |
Il bizzarro mondo dei quanti |
I07565 |
2008 |
eBook |
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Cooperstock, Fred I |
Einstein's Relativity |
I07460 |
2012 |
eBook |
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Heller, Michael |
Ultimate Explanations of the Universe |
I07381 |
2009 |
eBook |
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| 34 |
Stapp, Henry P |
Mind, Matter and Quantum Mechanics |
I07244 |
2009 |
eBook |
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| 35 |
Stapp, Henry P |
Mindful Universe |
I07111 |
2011 |
eBook |
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Roederer, Juan G |
Information and Its Role in Nature |
I07073 |
2005 |
eBook |
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Frize, Monique |
Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe |
I07016 |
2013 |
eBook |
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Grundmann, Siegfried |
The Einstein Dossiers |
I06995 |
2005 |
eBook |
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| 39 |
Pugh, Philip |
Observing the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope |
I06877 |
2012 |
eBook |
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Murdin, Paul |
Full Meridian of Glory |
I06852 |
2009 |
eBook |
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| Title | Il bizzarro mondo dei quanti |
| Author(s) | Arroyo Camejo, Silvia |
| Publication | Milano, Springer Milan, 2008. |
| Description | XIII, 258 pagg : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Scritto prima dell'esame di maturit?? da una giovane di eccezionale talento, questo libro colma il vuoto esistente tra la letteratura divulgativa sulla fisica quantistica, che normalmente evita ogni formula matematica, e la letteratura specialistica, ben farcita, invece, di matematica avanzata. L'autrice, appena diciannovenne, con l'ausilio della sola matematica della scuola superiore, introduce il lettore ai principi della fisica dei quanti. Se ne ricava uno sguardo profondo sul microcosmo, il regno affascinante delle particelle elementari: oggetti il cui comportamento si distingue in modo drastico e fondamentale da tutto ci?? a cui ?? avvezzo il nostro umano buonsenso. "Un libro... che avrei desiderato avere a 17 anni". Silvia Arroyo Camejo "In modo assolutamente preciso dal punto di vista fisico, l'autrice spiega con grande passione e divertimento i fondamenti della moderna fisica quantistica ... " Prof. Reinhold A. Bertlmann "Un libro stupefacente di un'autrice straordinaria! Si avverte il suo entusiasmo per gli enigmi e le stranezze del microcosmo in ogni paragrafo". Prof. H. Dieter Zeh |
| ISBN,Price | 9788847006447 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ENGINEERING
4. Engineering, general
5. Popular Science, general
6. Popular works
7. QUANTUM PHYSICS
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| Title | Einstein's Relativity : The Ultimate Key to the Cosmos |
| Author(s) | Cooperstock, Fred I;Tieu, Steven |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. |
| Description | XII, 148 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This richly illustrated book is unique in bringing Einstein's relativity to a higher level for the non-specialist than has ever been attempted before, using nothing more than grade-school algebra. Bondi's approach with spacetime diagrams is simplified and expanded, clarifying the famous asymmetric aging-of-twins paradox. Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, is simplified for the reader using spacetime diagrams. The theory is applied to important topics in physics such as gravitational waves, gravitational collapse and black holes, time machines, the relationship to the quantum world, galactic motions and cosmology |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642303852 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Mathematics
2. APPLIED MATHEMATICS
3. ASTRONOMY
4. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
8. GRAVITATION
9. Popular Science in Astronomy
10. Popular Science, general
11. Popular works
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| Title | Ultimate Explanations of the Universe |
| Author(s) | Heller, Michael |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. |
| Description | XII, 216 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | We humans are collectively driven by a powerful - yet not fully explained - instinct to understand. We would like to see everything established, proven, laid bare. The more important an issue, the more we desire to see it clarified, stripped of all secrets, all shades of gray. What could be more important than to understand the Universe and ourselves as a part of it? To find a window onto our origin and our destiny? This book examines how far our modern cosmological theories - with their sometimes audacious models, such as inflation, cyclic histories, quantum creation, parallel universes - can take us towards answering these questions. Can such theories lead us to ultimate truths, leaving nothing unexplained? Last, but not least, Heller addresses the thorny problem of why and whether we should expect to find theories with all-encompassing explicative power |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642021039 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. EPISTEMOLOGY
7. MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
8. Mathematical Logic and Foundations
9. METAPHYSICS
10. Popular Science, general
11. Popular works
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| Title | Mind, Matter and Quantum Mechanics |
| Author(s) | Stapp, Henry P |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. |
| Description | XVII, 301 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | "Scientists other than quantum physicists often fail to comprehend the enormity of the conceptual change wrought by quantum theory in our basic conception of the nature of matter," writes Henry Stapp. Stapp is a leading quantum physicist who has given particularly careful thought to the implications of the theory that lies at the heart of modern physics. In this book, which contains several of his key papers as well as new material, he focuses on the problem of consciousness and explains how quantum mechanics allows causally effective conscious thought to be combined in a natural way with the physical brain made of neurons and atoms. The book is divided into four sections. The first consists of an extended introduction. Key foundational and somewhat more technical papers are included in the second part, together with a clear exposition of the "orthodox" interpretation of quantum mechanics. The third part addresses, in a non-technical fashion, the implications of the theory for some of the most profound questions that mankind has contemplated: How does the world come to be just what it is and not something else? How should humans view themselves in a quantum universe? What will be the impact on society of the revised scientific image of the nature of man? The final part contains a mathematical appendix for the specialist and a glossary of important terms and ideas for the interested layman. This third edition has been significantly expanded with two new chapters covering the author's most recent work |
| ISBN,Price | 9783540896548 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Elementary particles (Physics)
4. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
5. PHILOSOPHY
6. Philosophy, general
7. Popular Science, general
8. Popular works
9. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
10. QUANTUM PHYSICS
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| Title | Mindful Universe : Quantum Mechanics and the Participating Observer |
| Author(s) | Stapp, Henry P |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. |
| Description | XIII, 212 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The classical mechanistic idea of nature that prevailed in science during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was an essentially mindless conception: the physically described aspects of nature were asserted to be completely determined by prior physically described aspects alone, with our conscious experiences entering only passively. During the twentieth century the classical concepts were found to be inadequate. In the new theory, quantum mechanics, our conscious experiences enter into the dynamics in specified ways not fixed by the physically described aspects alone. Consequences of this radical change in our understanding of the connection between mind and brain are described. This second edition contains two new chapters investigating the role of quantum phenomena in the problem of free will and in the placebo effect |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642180767 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. PHILOSOPHY
4. Philosophy, general
5. Popular Science, general
6. Popular works
7. QUANTUM PHYSICS
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| Title | Information and Its Role in Nature |
| Author(s) | Roederer, Juan G |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005. |
| Description | XII, 235 p. 35 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Infromation and Its Role in Nature presents an in-depth interdisciplinary discussion of the concept of information and its role in the control of natural processes. After a brief review of classical and quantum information theory, the author addresses numerous central questions, including: Is information reducible to the laws of physics and chemistry? Does the Universe, in its evolution, constantly generate new information? Or are information and information-processing exclusive attributes of living systems, related to the very definition of life? If so, what is the role of information in classical and quantum physics? In what ways does information-processing in the human brain bring about self-consciousness? Accessible to graduate students and professionals from all scientific disciplines, this stimulating book will help to shed light on many controversial issues at the heart of modern science |
| ISBN,Price | 9783540276982 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Coding and Information Theory
2. CODING THEORY
3. COMPUTER SCIENCE
4. Computer Science, general
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Evolutionary Biology
8. INFORMATION THEORY
9. LIFE SCIENCES
10. Life Sciences, general
11. PHYSICS
12. Physics, general
13. Popular Science, general
14. Popular works
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| Title | Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe : The Extraordinary Life and Role of Italy's Pioneering Female Professor |
| Author(s) | Frize, Monique |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. |
| Description | XIX, 196 p. 17 illus., 7 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents the extraordinary story of a Bolognese woman of the settecento. Laura Maria Caterina Bassi (1711-1778) defended 49 Theses at the University of Bologna on April 17, 1732 and was awarded a doctoral degree on May 12 of the same year. Three weeks before her defense, she was made a member of the Academy of Sciences in Bologna. On June 27 she defended 12 additional Theses. Several of the 61 Theses were on physics and other science topics. Laura was drawn by the philosophy of Newton at a time when most scientists in Europe were still focused on Descartes and Galen. This last set of Theses was to encourage the University of Bologna to provide a lectureship to Laura, which they did on October 29, 1732. Although quite famous in her day, Laura Bassi is unfortunately not remembered much today. This book presents Bassi within the context of the century when she lived and worked, an era where no women could attend university anywhere in the world, and even less become a professor or a member of an academy. Laura was appointed to the Chair of experimental physics in 1776 until her death. Her story is an amazing one. Laura was a mother, a wife and a good scientist for over 30 years. She made the transition from the old science to the new very early on in her career. Her work was centered on real problems that the City of Bologna needed to solve. It was an exciting time of discovery and she was at the edge of it all the way. Cover Image: Courtesy of Bononia University Press, from Marta Franceschini???s ??Laura Bassi Minerva bolognese, illustrated by Alessandro Battara, 2011 ????Bononia University Press, 2011 Portrait of Laura Maria Caterina Bassi at the Palazzo Poggi in Bologna. The illustration includes her thesis and certificate and a globe. The little girl is Laura as a child, a unique girl who lives in a world of her own, where the objects she fantasizes about are not toys or dolls but scientific instruments, tools, geometric shapes. In her mind, she sees the world she will live in, as a woman who will shape history; she is already living and sparking, almost like magic blended with science |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642386855 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. HISTORY
4. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
5. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
6. PHYSICS
7. Popular Science, general
8. Popular works
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| Title | The Einstein Dossiers : Science and Politics - Einstein's Berlin Period with an Appendix on Einstein's FBI File |
| Author(s) | Grundmann, Siegfried |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005. |
| Description | XIX, 459 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In 1919 the Prussian Ministry of Science, Arts and Culture opened a dossier on "Einstein's Theory of Relativity." It was rediscovered by the author in 1961 and is used in conjunction with numerous other subsequently identified 'Einstein' files as the basis of this fascinating book. In particular, the author carefully scrutinizes Einstein's FBI file from 1950-55 against mostly unpublished material from European including Soviet sources and presents hitherto unknown documentation on Einstein's alleged contacts with the German Communist Party and the Comintern. Siegfried Grundmann's thorough study of Einstein's participation on a committee of the League of Nations, based on archival research in Geneva, is also new. This book outlines Einstein's image in politics and German science policy. It covers the period from his appointment as a researcher in Berlin to his fight abroad against the "boycott of German science" after World War I and his struggle at home against attacks on "Jewish physics" of which he was made a prime target. An important gap in the literature on Einstein is thus filled, contributing much new material toward a better understanding of Einstein's so rigorous break with Germany |
| ISBN,Price | 9783540311041 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. GRAVITATION
5. HISTORY
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. Philosophy and science
9. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
10. PHYSICS
11. Physics, general
12. Popular Science, general
13. Popular works
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| Title | Observing the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope : In the Footsteps of a Great Observer |
| Author(s) | Pugh, Philip |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2012. |
| Description | XIV, 387 p. 296 illus., 99 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Observing the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope lets the reader follow in Charles Messier's footsteps by observing the Messier objects more or less as the great man saw them himself! This book contains descriptions and photographs of?? his 110 cataloged objects, with instructions on how to find them without a computerized telescope or even setting circles. Messier's telescope (thought to be a 4-inch) was, by today's amateur standards, small. It also had rather poor optics by modern standards. The visual appearance of a Messier object is often very different from what can be imaged with the same telescope, and this book shows what you can see with a small telescope or even binoculars! |
| ISBN,Price | 9780387853574 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. Astronomy???Observations
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HISTORY
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. Observations, Astronomical
9. Popular Science in Astronomy
10. Popular Science, general
11. Popular works
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| Title | Full Meridian of Glory : Perilous Adventures in the Competition to Measure the Earth |
| Author(s) | Murdin, Paul |
| Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Copernicus
2. Springer New York, 2009. |
| Description | XVIII, 190 p. 39 illus., 31 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The Paris Meridian is the name of the line running north-south through the astronomical observatory in Paris. One of the original intentions behind the founding of the Paris Observatory was to determine and measure this line. To that end, the French government financed the Paris Academy of Sciences to do so in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries employing both astronomers ??? people who study and measure the stars ??? and geodesists ??? people who study and measure the Earth. This book is about what they did and why. Full Meridian of Glory is the first English language presentation of this historical material in its entirety. It is an attractively written story of the scientists who created the Paris Meridian. They collaborated and worked together in alliances, like scientists everywhere; they also split into warring factions. They transcended national and political disputes, as scientists do now, their eyes fixed on ideals of accuracy, truth and objectivity. Yet also when their work served national interests they were sometimes less than neutral, and if their work was questioned they sometimes blindly descended into petty politics. This book tells the story of the adventures in France, in Spain, in Lapland and in Ecuador of the scientists who worked through revolution, war, rebellion, piracy, fire, shipwreck, blockade, snow, tropical heat, kidnapping, murder and turbulent love affairs to pursue a problem of map making. They turned that practical problem into a crucial scientific test of one of the most important intellectual problems of their time ??? Newton???s theory of universal gravitation. Their work changed their own lives, affected the course of science and politics, and left its mark on the landscape, the art and the literature of history and in our own age |
| ISBN,Price | 9780387755342 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. GEOPHYSICS
7. Geophysics/Geodesy
8. HISTORY
9. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
10. Popular Science in Astronomy
11. Popular Science, general
12. Popular works
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