紀錄類型: |
書目-語言資料,印刷品
: Monograph/item
|
杜威分類號: |
530 |
書名/作者: |
The evolution of physics : : from early concepts to relativity and quanta // by Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld. |
作者: |
Einstein, Albert, |
其他作者: |
Infeld, Leopold, |
出版者: |
New York : : Simon and Schuster,, c2007. |
面頁冊數: |
xxx, 302 p. : : ill. ;; 21 cm. |
附註: |
"A Touchstone book." |
標題: |
Physics. |
標題: |
Physics - History. |
標題: |
Relativity (Physics) |
標題: |
Quantum theory. |
ISBN: |
9780671201562 (pbk.) : |
內容註: |
pt. I. the rise of the mechanical view. the great mystery story ; The first clew ; Vectors ; The riddle of motion ; One clew remains ; Is heat a substance? ; The roller-coaster ; The rate of exchange ; The philosophical background ; The kinetic theory of matter -- pt. II. The decline of the mechanical view. The two electric fluids ; The magnetic fluids ; The first serious difficulty ; The velocity of light ; Light as a substance ; The riddle of color ; What is a wave? ; Longitudinal or transverse light waves? ; Ether and the mechanical view -- pt. III. Field, relativity. The field as representation ; The two pillars of the field theory ; The reality of the field ; Field and ether ; The mechanical scaffold ; Ether and motion ; Time, distance, relativity ; Relativity and mechanics ; The time-space continuum ; General relativity ; Outside and inside the elevator ; Geometry and experiment ; General relativity and its verification ; Field and matter -- pt. IV. Quanta. continuity-discontinuity ; Elementary quanta of matter and electricity ; The quanta of light ; Light spectra ; The waves of matter ; Probability waves ; Physics and reality. |