A Unified Grand Tour of Theoretical Physics Contributor(s): Lawrie, Ian D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138473359 ISBN-13: 9781138473355 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Relativity |
Dewey: 530.11 |
Physical Information: 711 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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 fundamental forces, and statistical mechanics and the theory of phase transitions, are developed in explicit mathematical detail, with an emphasis on conceptual understanding. Straightforward treatments of the standard models of particle physics and cosmology are supplemented with introductory accounts of more speculative theories, including supersymmetry and string theory. |