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"Unlike many textbooks or popular science books, A Simple Guide to Popular Physics has truly been crafted for the uninitiated or those spooked by the subject's complexity. Harris's inviting guide promises to give ""absolute beginners"" from ""teens to centenarians"" a basic grounding in particle physics, quantum physics, and cosmology-all without making readers do math. With the goal of introducing the basics and encouraging readers to explore more deeply afterwards, Harris notes ""Like the fish we have no notion of what is beyond the boundaries of our knowledge, but unlike the fish, we know there is something."" He starts by presenting those boundaries, the fundamentals of classic physics (Newton's law, states of matter, types of energy), with crisp clarity before laying out an accessible explanation of Einstein's theory of relativity, the structure of the atom, the mysteries of quantum mechanics and cosmology. Readers will not need to search online for key terms or explanations of concepts that have been glossed over. Instead, one by one, with patience and good humor, Harris introduces each of these building blocks of our universe, taking a little time to invite readers to contemplate the momentousness of the information, as in the chapter titled nothing less than ""What Is Reality?"" The watchword, here, is clarity, which Harris offers throughout, with professional illustrations and illuminating accounts of experiments and breakthroughs, offering a solid foundation for understanding and future reading."

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Publisher:   RAH Publishing
Imprint:   RAH Publishing
ISBN:  

9781838069759

ISBN 10:   1838069755
Pages:   106
Publication Date:   11 August 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Chapter 1 - The Professor's Diamond The value of questioning Chapter 2 - Some Basics of Classical Physics Energy Weight and mass Matter Measures and units Chapter 3 - What is Reality? The reality of our senses Technology The reality of the tiny and the huge Chapter 4 - Einstein Special relativity General relativity Chapter 5 - The Atom The structure of the atom Dalton's atomic model Thomson's atomic model Rutherford's atomic model Bohr's atomic model The neutron and proton The forces of nature The neutrino and electron neutrino Antimatter The Periodic Table of Elements Chapter 6 - Quantum Matters Young's double slit experiment Heisenberg's uncertainty principle The electron cloud model The heart of quantum mechanics Pauli's exclusion principle Quantum fields Chapter 7 - Cosmology The Big Bang The early universe Stars and the evolution of bigger atoms Hubble's law and Hubble's constant Dark energy How inflation developed The big crunch The big freeze Dark matter The cosmic microwave background Conclusion Endnotes

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Harris's inviting guide promises to give absolute beginners from teens to centenarians a basic grounding in particle physics, quantum physics, and cosmology-all without making readers do math. With the goal of introducing the basics and encouraging readers to explore more deeply afterwards, Harris notes Like the fish we have no notion of what is beyond the boundaries of our knowledge, but unlike the fish, we know there is something. He starts by presenting those boundaries, the fundamentals of classic physics (Newton's law, states of matter, types of energy), with crisp clarity before laying out an accessible explanation of Einstein's theory of relativity, the structure of the atom, and the mysteries of quantum mechanics. Unlike many textbooks or popular science books, A Simple Guide to Popular Physics has truly been crafted for the uninitiated or those spooked by the subject's complexity. Readers will not need to search online for key terms or explanations of concepts that have been glossed over. Instead, one by one, with patience and good humor, Harris introduces each of these building blocks of our universe, taking a little time to invite readers to contemplate the momentousness of the information, as in the chapter titled nothing less than What Is Reality? . The watchword, here, is clarity, which Harris offers throughout, with professional illustrations and illuminating accounts of experiments and breakthroughs, offering a solid foundation for understanding and future reading

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Tony Harris is a retired teacher with a passion for popular physics.

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