Author

Publication

1984 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire

Language

English

Word Count

45,500 words, Guess

Page Count

182 pages

Identifiers

and 6 more
  • LibraryThing493187
  • Library of Congress Control Number83020979
  • OCLC Control Number10023074
  • Better World Books9780521262934
  • Better World Books9780521269209
  • Open LibraryOL18334858M

Classifications

  • DDC530
  • LCCQC24.5 .R5 1984
  • LCCQC24.5 .R5 1984
and 1 more
  • LCCQC21.2

Description

There are some wonderfully bizarre ideas in physics, and it seems a pity to keep them locked up in small boxes, available only to an esoteric coterie of key holders. Brian Ridley's book sets out to survey in simple, non-mathematical terms what physics has to say about the fundamental structure of the universe. He deals with all the basic concepts of modern physics: elementary particles, black holes, gravity, quantum theory, time, mass, relativity and energy; this new edition also includes coverage of more recently emerging ideas including strings, imaginary time and chaos. Ridley's clear and witty account gives an exciting introduction to the non-specialist while offering a fresh perspective to scientists themselves.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Time, space, and thingsCambridge University Press1984

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