Light and Waves: A Conceptual Exploration of Physics
Andrews, Steven S.
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2024-05-15
- 售價: $2,310
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,195
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 520
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 3031240995
- ISBN-13: 9783031240997
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相關分類:
物理學 Physics
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商品描述
This book explores light and other types of waves, using this as a window into other aspects of physics. It emphasizes a conceptual understanding, using examples chosen from everyday life and the natural environment. For example, it explains how hummingbird feathers create shimmering colors, how musical instruments produce sound, and how atoms stick together to form molecules. It provides a unique perspective on physics by emphasizing commonalities among different types of waves, including string waves, water waves, sound waves, light waves, the matter waves of quantum mechanics, and the gravitational waves of general relativity. This book is targeted toward college non-science majors, advanced high school students, and adults who are curious about our physical world. It assumes familiarity with algebra but no further mathematics and is classroom-ready with many worked examples, exercises, exploratory puzzles, and appendices to support students from a variety of backgrounds.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書探索了光和其他類型的波，並以此作為了解物理學其他方面的窗口。它強調概念理解，選擇了日常生活和自然環境中的例子。例如，它解釋了蜂鳥羽毛如何產生閃爍的顏色，樂器如何產生聲音，以及原子如何結合形成分子。它通過強調不同類型的波的共同點，包括弦波、水波、聲波、光波、量子力學的物質波和廣義相對論的引力波，提供了物理學的獨特視角。本書針對大學非科學專業的學生、高中生和對我們的物理世界感到好奇的成年人。它假設讀者熟悉代數，但不需要進一步的數學知識，並且具備了許多實例、練習題、探索性謎題和附錄，以支持來自不同背景的學生。
作者簡介
Dr. Andrews is a scientist with wide-ranging interests. He started his career in oceanography, earned a PhD in chemistry at Stanford University, and then transitioned into his current field of systems biology. He taught physics at Seattle University for several years, from which this book evolved, and is now a research scientist in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington. He has published over 50 research papers on molecular quantum mechanics, biological simulation methods, information transfer by biological cells, and other topics. He enjoys whitewater kayaking and cross-country skiing, and lives in Seattle with his family.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Dr. Andrews是一位對多個領域感興趣的科學家。他在海洋學領域開始了他的職業生涯，在斯坦福大學獲得了化學博士學位，然後轉向了他目前的系統生物學領域。他在西雅圖大學教授物理學多年，這本書就是從那時開始發展而來的，現在他是華盛頓大學生物工程系的研究科學家。他已發表了50多篇關於分子量子力學、生物模擬方法、生物細胞信息傳遞等主題的研究論文。他喜歡急流皮划艇和越野滑雪，與家人一起居住在西雅圖。
