Top Ten Ideas of Physics
Foundations for Understanding the Universe
1st Edition
Published on 15. April 2025
352 pages
978-0-691-22581-4 (ISBN)
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06/2025
Princeton University Press
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A. Zee is professor of physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His many books include Quantum Field Theory, as Simply as Possible; Fly by Night Physics; On Gravity; Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists; Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell; Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell; and Fearful Symmetry (all Princeton).
Content
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Prologue
- 1. The Physical World is Comprehensible
- 2. The Laws of Physics are the Same Here, There, and Everywhere, the Same Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- 3. The World is Quantum
- 4. Quantum Fields Forever: Einstein's Total Love
- 5. Fearful Symmetry: A Universe Full of Symmetries
- 6. Einstein, the Exterminator of Relativity and the Choreographer of Spacetime
- 7. Unity of Forces in the Universe
- 8. The Creator Speaks the Language of Mathematics
- 9. Entropy and Thermal Agitation: All About Sharing
- 10. Physics is Where the Action Is
- Parting Comments
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Timeline
- Index
