Instant Egghead Guide: Physics (Instant Egghead Guides)

Description

Tackles the biggest topics in science by breaking them up into quick and easy to-to-four page spreads. It explores quantum physics, relativity and light.;Matter. Stuff ; Brownian motion ; Atomic structure ; Isotopes and neutrons ; Forget the planets ; Antimatter ; Quarks ; Solids ; Liquids ; Gases ; Plasma ; The particle zoo ; String theory ; Expanding universe ; Dark matter ; Dark energy ; The Big Bang ; Multiverses and bouncing branes -- Quantum theory. Quanta ; The ultraviolet catastrophe ; Einstein and the photoelectric effect ; Wave/particle duality ; Problems with probability ; The uncertainty principle ; Tunneling ; Superposition and quantum cats ; The Copenhagen Interpretation ; Many worlds ; Electronics ; Entanglement ; QED ; Quantum reality ; Black holes -- Light. the mechanics of sight ; Early ideas of light ; The electromagnetic spectrum ; Color ; Light waves ; Photons ; Reflection ; Refraction ; Lenses ; Principle of least action ; The speed of light ; The first telescopes ; Telescopes come of age ; Telescopes reaching father ; Microscopes ; Quantum lenses ; Polarization ; Redshift ; Lasers ; Holograms ; Stopping light ; Faster than light -- Relativity. Galileo's relativity ; Special relativity ; The Twins Paradox ; Simultaneity ; Time travel ; Where are the time travelers? ; E=mc² ; Equivalence ; General relativity -- Forces Force ; Fields or particles? ; Action at a distance ; Gravity ; Orbits and centrifugal force ; Electromagnetism ; Static electricity ; Electrical currents ; Magnets ; Strong nuclear force ; Weak nuclear force ; Nuclear fission ; Nuclear fusion -- Energy. Work and energy ; Power ; Kinetic energy ; Potential energy ; Going places : movement, speed, and velocity ; Momentum ; Acceleration ; A throw of a ball ; Friction ; Levers ; Springs and swings ; Temperature ; Heat ; The greenhouse effect ; Thermal expansion ; Changing phase ; Thermodynamics ; Heat engines ; Entropy ; Sound ; Energy density ; Solar energy.