Ian D. Lawrie

A Unified Grand Tour of Theoretical Physics (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A Unified Grand Tour of Theoretical Physics invites its readers to a guided exploration of the theoretical ideas that shape our contemporary understanding of the physical world at the fundamental level. Its central themes, comprising space-time geometry and the general relativistic account of gravity, quantum field theory and the gauge theories of

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 711
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040063682
• Artikelnr.: 72253374

Autorenporträt

Lawrie, Ian D.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Ways of Nature. Geometry. Classical Physics in Galilean
and Minkowski Spacetimes. General Relativity and Gravitation. Quantum
Theory. Second Quantization and Quantum Field Theory. Relativistic Wave
Equations and Field Theories. Forces, Connections and Gauge Fields.
Interacting Relativistic Field Theories. Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics.
Phase Transitions. Unified Gauge Theories of the Fundamental Interactions.
Solitons and So On. The Early Universe. An Introduction to String Theory.
Gravity and Quantum Mechanics. Some Snapshots of the Tour. Some
Mathematical Notes. Some Elements of Group Theory. Natural Units.
Scattering Cross-sections and Particle Decay Rates.