The problems of physics

The problems of physics / A.J. Leggett.

This book aims to give the non-specialist reader a general overview of what physicists think they do and do not know in some representative frontier areas of contemporary physics. It focuses on the fundamental problems at the heart of the subject, and emphasizes the provisional nature of our present...

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Main Author: Leggett, A. J. (Anthony J.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987.
Series:Oxford classic texts in the physical sciences.
OPUS.
Subjects:
Physics.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Condensed matter.
Cosmology.
physics.
particle physics.
cosmology.
Condensed matter
Cosmology
Physics
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Summary:This book aims to give the non-specialist reader a general overview of what physicists think they do and do not know in some representative frontier areas of contemporary physics. It focuses on the fundamental problems at the heart of the subject, and emphasizes the provisional nature of our present understanding of things.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 192 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191706837
0191706833
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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