Facts of Matter and Light: Ten Physics Experiments That Shaped Our Understanding of Nature
Maes, Christian
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2024-07-21
- 售價: $2,310
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,195
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 175
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 3031333365
- ISBN-13: 9783031333361
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相關分類:
物理學 Physics
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商品描述
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The main aim of this book is to shine a spotlight on key experiments and their crucial importance for advancing our understanding of physics. Physics is an empirical science, and experiments have always been a driving force in the development of our understanding of nature. Facts matter. In that sense, the book attempts to be complementary to the many popularizations of theoretical physics, and to counterbalance the frequent emphasis there on more speculative ideas.
Experimental physics is also an essential pillar in physics teaching, as well as helping broader audiences to better understand important concepts, particularly in challenging fields such as relativity or quantum physics, where our common sense intuition often fails.
Readers are taken on an historical journey, starting with "Free Fall" and culminating in "Spooky Action at a Distance". En route they will encounter many important branches ofphysics, whose main ideas and theoretical description will be given a more empirical meaning. At the end, the reader is invited to reflect on what could be exciting and important directions for fundamental physics. All readers with an undergraduate degree in physical sciences or engineering will enjoy and learn much from this stimulating and original text.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書的主要目的是聚焦於關鍵實驗及其對於推進我們對物理學理解的重要性。物理學是一門經驗科學，實驗始終是我們理解自然發展的推動力。事實是重要的。在這個意義上，本書試圖補充許多對理論物理的普及介紹，並平衡那裡對更具推測性想法的頻繁強調。
實驗物理學也是物理教學中的一個重要支柱，幫助更廣泛的受眾更好地理解重要概念，特別是在相對論或量子物理等挑戰性領域，因為我們的常識直覺往往無法奏效。
讀者將踏上一段歷史之旅，從「自由落體」開始，最終達到「距離的詭異作用」。在這段旅程中，他們將遇到許多重要的物理學分支，這些分支的主要思想和理論描述將獲得更具經驗意義的詮釋。最後，讀者被邀請反思對於基礎物理學可能的激動人心和重要的方向。所有擁有物理科學或工程學本科學位的讀者都將從這本刺激且原創的文本中獲益良多。
作者簡介
Christian Maes is a professor of mathematical physics and natural philosophy at the KU Leuven, and his research interests lie in the area of nonequilibrium phenomena, stochastic geometry and dynamical systems, and in deriving emergent features of multicomponent models. As a leading expert, Maes has made significant contributions to the study of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, particularly in the areas of fluctuation theorems, large deviations, response theory and nonequilibrium thermodynamics. His work has helped to deepen our understanding of the behavior of systems that are far from thermal equilibrium, such as those found in living cells, in driven plasma and chemical reactions, and in active matter. He developed a strong interest in the analysis of experiments and their results as a teaching tool and as a catalyst for advancing our understanding.
Christian Maes is on the editorial board of the Springer book seriesFundamental Theories of Physics, and serves as associate editor of the Journal of Statistical Physics, and section editor for Statistical Physics of the Annales Henri Poincaré.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Christian Maes 是 KU Leuven 的數學物理學與自然哲學教授，他的研究興趣集中在非平衡現象、隨機幾何和動態系統，以及推導多組件模型的 emergent 特徵。作為領域內的專家，Maes 在非平衡統計力學的研究上做出了重要貢獻，特別是在波動定理、大偏差、響應理論和非平衡熱力學等領域。他的研究有助於加深我們對遠離熱平衡系統行為的理解，例如在活細胞、驅動等離子體和化學反應以及活性物質中所發現的系統。他對實驗及其結果的分析產生了濃厚的興趣，將其視為教學工具和促進我們理解的催化劑。
Christian Maes 是 Springer 出版社《物理學基本理論》系列書籍的編輯委員會成員，並擔任《統計物理學期刊》的副編輯，以及《Annales Henri Poincaré》中的統計物理學部分編輯。
