The Physics Book
From the Big Bang to Quantum Resurrection
Reeks: Union Square & Co. Milestones
Clifford A. Pickover
- This
- richly
- illustrated
- chronology
- of
- physics
- contains
- more
- than
- 250
- short,
- entertaining,
- and
- thought-provoking
- entries.
- In
- addition
- to
- exploring
- such
- engaging
- topics
- as
- dark
- energy,
- parallel
- universes,
- the
- Doppler
- effect,
- the
- God
- particle,
- and
- Maxwell's
- demon,
- the
- book's
- timeline
- extends
- back
- billions
- of
- years
- to
- the
- hypothetical
- Big
- Bang
- and
- forward
- trillions
- of
- years
- to
- a
- time
- of
- “quantum
- resurrection.”
- This
- reissue
- includes
- four
- new
- entries:
- 2012
- (Discovery
- of
- the
- Higgs
- Boson),
- 2015
- (Gravitational
- Waves),
- 2019
- (First
- Image
- of
- a
- Black
- Hole),
- and
- 2023
- (Milky
- Way
- Neutrino
- Map).
- It
- also
- features
- an
- expanded
- introduction
- and
- updates
- throughout
- the book.
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