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Do Colors Exist?
And Other Profound Physics Questions|
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| Verlag: | Birkhäuser |
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| Veröffentl.: | 07.05.2018 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783319643618 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
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<p><i>Why do polished stones look wet? How does the Twin Paradox work? What if Jupiter were a star? How can we be sure that pi never repeats? How does a quantum computer break encryption? Discover the answers to these, and other profound physics questions!</i></p>
<p>This fascinating book presents a collection of articles based on conversations and correspondences between the author and complete strangers about physics and math. The author, a researcher in mathematical physics, responds to dozens of questions posed by inquiring minds from all over the world, ranging from the everyday to the profound.</p>
Rather than unnecessarily complex explanations mired in mysterious terminology and symbols, the reader is presented with the reasoning, experiments, and mathematics in a casual, conversational, and often comical style. Neither over-simplified nor over-technical, the lucid and entertaining writing will guide the reader from each innocent question to a better understanding of the weirdand beautiful universe around us.<p></p>
<p>Advance praise for <i>Do Colors Exist?:</i><i></i></p>
<p><i>“Every high school science teacher should have a copy of this book. The individual articles offer enrichment to those students who wish to go beyond a typical </i><i>‘dry curriculum</i><i>’. The articles are very fun. I probably laughed out loud every 2-3 minutes. This is not easy to do. In fact, my children are interested in the book because they heard me laughing so much.</i><i>”</i></p>
<p> – Ken Ono, Emory University</p>
<p>This fascinating book presents a collection of articles based on conversations and correspondences between the author and complete strangers about physics and math. The author, a researcher in mathematical physics, responds to dozens of questions posed by inquiring minds from all over the world, ranging from the everyday to the profound.</p>
Rather than unnecessarily complex explanations mired in mysterious terminology and symbols, the reader is presented with the reasoning, experiments, and mathematics in a casual, conversational, and often comical style. Neither over-simplified nor over-technical, the lucid and entertaining writing will guide the reader from each innocent question to a better understanding of the weirdand beautiful universe around us.<p></p>
<p>Advance praise for <i>Do Colors Exist?:</i><i></i></p>
<p><i>“Every high school science teacher should have a copy of this book. The individual articles offer enrichment to those students who wish to go beyond a typical </i><i>‘dry curriculum</i><i>’. The articles are very fun. I probably laughed out loud every 2-3 minutes. This is not easy to do. In fact, my children are interested in the book because they heard me laughing so much.</i><i>”</i></p>
<p> – Ken Ono, Emory University</p>
Big Things.- Small Things.- In-Between Things.- Not Things.- Index.
Seth Cottrell is a mathematical physicist and the creator and co-editor of Ask a Mathematician / Ask a Physicist.<br><br>
<div><div><div><i>Why do polished stones look wet? How does the Twin Paradox work? Why are orbits ellipses? How can we be sure that pi never repeats? How does a quantum computer break encryption? Discover the answers to these, and other profound physics questions!</i><br></div><div><br></div><div>This fascinating book presents a collection of articles based on conversations and correspondences between the author and complete strangers about physics and math. The author, a researcher in mathematical physics, responds to dozens of questions posed by inquiring minds from all over the world, ranging from the everyday to the profound.</div><div><br></div><div>Rather than unnecessarily complex explanations mired in mysterious terminology and symbols, the reader is presented with the reasoning, experiments, and mathematics in a casual, conversational, and often comical style. Neither over-simplified nor over-technical, the lucid and entertaining writing will guide the reader from the each innocent question to a better understanding of the weird and beautiful universe around us.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Advance praise for <i>Do Colors Exist?</i>:<br></div><div>“<i>Every high school science teacher should have a copy of this book. The individual articles offer enrichment to those students who wish to go beyond a typical ‘dry curriculum’. The articles are very fun. I probably laughed out loud every 2-3 minutes. This is not easy to do. In fact, my children are interested in the book because they heard me laughing so much.</i>”</div><div> – Ken Ono, Emory University</div></div></div>
Features a wide number of very interesting questions of wide appeal Written in a casual style accessible to a very wide audience Chapters are independent from each other and can be read in any order Contains resources for further exploration of each topic
<div>Features a wide number of very interesting questions of wide appeal</div><div><br></div><div>Written in a casual style accessible to a very wide audience</div><div><br></div><div>Chapters are independent from each other and can be read in any order</div><div><br></div><div>Contains resources for further exploration of each topic</div><div><br></div>
“Cottrell’s book is a feast for curious minds, particularly those hungry for more equations and deeper mathematical detail than what is usually present in scientific books aimed at a general audience. Representing a sort of dialogue between the author and readers of the website Ask a Mathematician / Ask a Physicist, one finds big questions ranging from reasonable (“What does E=mc2 mean?”) to outlandish (“What would the Earth be like to us if it were a cube?”) to outright mind-bending (“Does quantum mechanics really say there is more than one me?”) — all answered in friendly yet satisfyingly detailed short articles. Readers are sure to finish the book aware of a richer, more nuanced universe, and with many big questions of their own.” (Robert Schneider, Department of Mathematics, University of Georgia)
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