Physics Book

作者 Clifford A. Pickover著
出版社 Sterling
出版时间 2011年9月
ISBN 9781402778612
定价 259.80

内容简介

FollowingthehugelysuccessfulTheMathBookisarichlyillustratedchronologyofphysics,containing250short,entertainingandthought-provokingentries.Inadditiontoexploringsuchengagingtopicsasdarkenergy,paralleluniverses,theDopplereffect,theGodparticleandMaxwell'sdemon,thebook'stimelineextendsbackbillionsofyearstothehypotheticalBigBangandforwardtrillionsofyearstoatimeofquantumresurrection.Liketheprevioustitlesinthisseries,ThePhysicsBookhelpsreadersgainanunderstandingofmajorconceptswithoutgettingboggeddownincomplexdetails.

作者简介

CliffordA.PickoverreceivedhisPhDfromYaleinMolecularBiophysicsandBiochemistry,andhaswrittenmorethan40booksandover200articlesonsuchtopicsascomputersandcreativity,art,mathematics,blackholes,humanintelligence,timetravel,alienlife,religion,andthehistoryofscience..Currently,heisanassociateeditorforseveralscientificjournalsandholdsover60U.S.patentsforinventionsdealingwithcomputergraphicsandinterfaces.HisresearchhasreceivedconsiderableattentionfromsuchmediaoutletsasCNN,theDiscoveryChannel,TheNewYorkTimes,andWIRED,andhisWebsite,www.pickover.com,hasreceivedmillionsofvisits.