A Unified Grand Tour of Theoretical Physics, 2nd edition

ISBN: 9780750306041

出版社: Taylor & Francis

出版年: 2001-12-15

页数: 580

定价: USD 52.50

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

This second edition conducts a grand tour of the fundamental theories that shape our modern understanding of the physical world. The book covers the central themes of space-time geometry and the general relativistic account of gravity, quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, gauge theories and the fundamental forces of nature, statistical mechanics, and the theory of phase transitions. The basic structure of each theory is explained in explicit mathematical detail with emphasis on conceptual understanding rather than on the technical details of specialized applications. The book gives straightforward accounts of the standard models of particle physics and cosmology.