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Main Author:	Hassani, Sadri (Author)
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Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, Fla.[u.a.] CRC 2010
Subjects:	Physik Erkenntnistheorie
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Physical Description:	XXX, 723 S. Ill., graph. Darst. 1 CD-ROM
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adam_text	Titel: From atoms to galaxies Autor: Hassani, Sadri Jahr: 2010 Contents Preface xxi Note to the Reader xxvii Note to the Instructor xxix I In the Beginning ... 1 1 Science Kindles 3 1.1 The Beginning.................................. 3 1.2 Early Greek Astronomy............................. 6 1.3 The Age of Measurement ............................ 8 1.3.1 Aristarchus Measurements: Heliocentrism............... 8 1.3.2 Eratosthenes and Size of Earth..................... 10 1.4 The Geocentric Model.............................. 12 1.5 Wonder of Ancient Greece............................ 14 1.6 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 16 1.6.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 16 1.6.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 16 1.6.3 Review Questions............................. 17 1.6.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 18 1.6.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 19 2 A Dark Interlude 21 2.1 Roman Civilization: ca 250 BC-ca 400 AD.................. 21 2.2 Entertainment in the Roman Empire...................... 22 2.3 Religion in the Roman Empire......................... 22 2.3.1 Rome, a Thriving Marketplace for the Supernatural......... 23 2.3.2 Emergence of Christianity........................ 23 2.3.3 Philosophization of Christianity..................... 24 2.4 Education in the Roman Empire........................ 25 2.4.1 The Greek Roots............................. 25 2.4.2 The Roman Adaptation......................... 27 2.4.3 The Vanished Library.......................... 28 2.5 The Aftermath.................................. 29 2.6 A Lesson from the Past............................. 30 2.7 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 33 viii CONTENTS 2.7.1 Review Questions............................. 33 3 Science Rekindles 37 3.1 Renaissance and the Copernican Revolution.................. 37 3.2 New Observations: 15 Centuries after Ptolemy................ 39 3.3 The Fall of the Spherical Dynasty........................ 40 3.4 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 42 3.4.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 42 3.4.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 43 3.4.3 Review Questions............................. 43 3.4.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 44 3.4.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 44 4 From Heaven to Earth 47 4.1 The Ancient Physics............................... 47 4.1.1 The Aristotelian Dynamics....................... 47 4.1.2 The Archimedean Physics........................ 48 4.2 Galileo s Study of Motion............................ 50 4.3 Rectilinear Motion................................ 53 4.3.1 Uniform Rectilinear Motion....................... 53 4.3.2 General Rectilinear Motion: Distance ................. 54 4.3.3 General Rectilinear Motion: Acceleration............... 55 4.3.4 Uniformly Accelerated Motion (UAM)................. 57 4.4 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 59 4.4.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 59 4.4.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 60 4.4.3 Review Questions............................. 60 4.4.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 61 4.4.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 61 5 Epilogue: Underdetermination? 63 5.1 Lessons from Astronomy............................. 63 5.2 Birth of Scientific Methodology......................... 65 5.2.1 Experimentation............................. 65 5.2.2 Specificity................................. 66 5.2.3 Quantification .............................. 67 5.2.4 Extrapolation and Idealization..................... 67 5.3 Underdetermination?............................... 67 5.4 The Role of Mathematics............................ 69 II Newtonian Era 71 6 Kinematics: Describing Motion 73 6.1 Position, Displacement, and Distance...................... 73 6.2 Parallax...................................... 75 6.3 Velocity and Speed................................ 77 6.3.1 Some Common Kinds of Motion.................... 79 6.4 Acceleration.................................... 80 6.5 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 83 6.5.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 83 6.5.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 84 6.5.3 Review Questions............................. 84 CONTENTS ix 6.5.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 85 6.5.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 85 Dynamics: Cause of Motion 87 7.1 The First Law of Motion............................. 87 7.1.1 Momentum................................ 88 7.1.2 Mass.................................... 90 7.2 The Second Law of Motion ........................... 92 7.3 The Third Law of Motion............................ 96 7.4 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 98 7.4.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 98 7.4.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 99 7.4.3 Review Questions............................. 100 7.4.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 101 7.4.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 104 Further Topics on Motion 107 8.1 Work and Energy................................. 107 8.1.1 Conservation of Mechanical Energy................... 108 8.1.2 Power................................... 112 8.1.3 The Physics of Santa Claus....................... 113 8.2 Rigid Body Motion................................ 115 8.2.1 Center of Mass.............................. 116 8.2.2 Angular Momentum........................... 117 8.3 Mechanics of Fluids ............................... 119 8.3.1 Hydrostatics ............................... 119 8.3.2 Hydrodynamics.............................. 123 8.4 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 124 8.4.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 124 8.4.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 125 8.4.3 Review Questions............................. 126 8.4.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 127 8.4.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 129 Gravitation 131 9.1 The Universal Law of Gravitation........................ 132 9.1.1 Satellite Speed.............................. 135 9.1.2 Kepler s Third Law............................ 136 9.1.3 Dark Matter ............................... 137 9.2 Gravitational Field and Potential Energy ................... 138 9.2.1 Gravitational Field............................ 139 9.2.2 Gravitational Potential Energy..................... 140 9.2.3 Escape Velocity.............................. 142 9.2.4 Black Holes................................ 143 9.3 Weightlessness .................................. 144 9.4 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 146 9.4.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 146 9.4.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 147 9.4.3 Review Questions............................. 148 9.4.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 148 9.4.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 149 xii CONTENTS 18 Temperature and Heat 259 18.1 Temperature ................................... 259 18.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics....................... 261 18.2.1 Heat as a Form of Energy........................ 262 18.2.2 First Law and Weight Loss....................... 266 18.2.3 Specific Heat............................... 268 18.3 The Second Law of Thermodynamics...................... 269 18.4 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 271 18.4.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 271 18.4.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 272 18.4.3 Review Questions............................. 272 18.4.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 273 18.4.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 274 19 Epilogue: Whole and Parts 275 19.1 Specificity and Idealization ........................... 275 19.2 Continuity..................................... 276 19.3 A Case for Fundamentalism .......................... 277 19.4 Thermodynamics and Social Imagery .................... 278 19.4.1 Kelvin s Mistake............................. 278 19.4.2 Bloor s Opportunity........................... 279 V Twentieth Century Physics: Quantum Theory 281 20 Birth of Quantum Theory 283 20.1 Black Body Radiation.............................. 283 20.1.1 Stefan-Boltzmann Law.......................... 285 20.1.2 Wien s Displacement Law........................ 286 20.2 Quanta Are Born................................. 288 20.2.1 The Equation of a Curve ........................ 288 20.2.2 Fundamentalism Offers Quantum to Humanity........... 289 20.2.3 A Fundamental Discovery........................ 290 20.3 Photoelectric Effect................................ 293 20.4 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 295 20.4.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 295 20.4.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 295 20.4.3 Review Questions............................. 295 20.4.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 296 20.4.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 297 21 The Atoms 299 21.1 Modern Atomic Theory............................. 299 21.2 Dissecting Atoms................................. 301 21.3 Bohr Model of the H-Atom........................... 303 21.3.1 Spectral Lines............................... 305 21.3.2 Shortcomings of the Bohr Model.................... 307 21.4 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 307 21.4.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 307 21.4.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 308 21.4.3 Review Questions............................. 308 21.4.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 309 m. CONTENTS xiii 21.4.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 309 22 Quantum Theory I 311 22.1 Electrons as Waves................................ 311 22.2 Quantum Mechanics............................... 313 22.2.1 An Equation for Everything....................... 313 22.2.2 Matrix Mechanics ............................ 311 22.3 The Meaning of ................................ 316 22.3.1 # and Probability............................ 317 22.3.2 for Hydrogen Atom.......................... 320 22.4 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 321 22.4.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 321 22.4.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 322 22.4.3 Review Questions............................. 322 22.4.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 323 22.4.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 324 23 Quantum Theory II 325 23.1 Quantum Tunneling............................... 325 23.2 The Double-Slit Experiment........................... 328 23.2.1 Bullets and Double-Slits......................... 328 23.2.2 Waves and Double-Slits......................... 329 23.2.3 Electrons and Double-Slits ....................... 330 23.3 Angular Momentum and Spin.......................... 334 23.3.1 Angular Momentum........................... 334 23.3.2 Spin.................................... 337 23.4 Quantum Measurement ............................. 341 23.5 Quantum Entanglement............................. 342 23.6 Quantum Technology............................... 344 23.7 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 347 23.7.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 347 23.7.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 347 23.7.3 Review Questions............................. 349 23.7.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 350 23.7.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 351 24 Epilogue: No Interpretation 353 24.1 Continuity..................................... 353 24.2 Role of Fundamentalism ............................ 354 24.3 Specificity..................................... 354 24.4 Induction versus Deduction........................... 355 24.5 No Interpretation for Quantum Theory..................... 356 VI Twentieth Century Physics: Relativity Theory 357 25 Birth of Relativity 359 25.1 Law of Addition of Velocities.......................... 359 25.2 Principles of STR................................. 362 25.2.1 Inertial Frames.............................. 364 25.2.2 Law of Addition of Velocities and Second Principle.......... 366 25.3 Relativity of Simultaneity............................ 367 xiv CONTENTS 25.3.1 Simultaneity without Relative Motion................. 369 25.3.2 Simultaneity with Relative Motion................... 370 25.4 Relativity of Length............................... 372 25.4.1 Contraction of Length along Motion Path............... 373 25.4.2 Length Transverse to Motion Path................... 374 25.5 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 376 25.5.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 376 25.5.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 377 25.5.3 Review Questions............................. 377 25.5.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 378 26 Relativity of Time and Space 381 26.1 Time Dilation................................... 381 26.2 Length Contraction................................ 384 26.3 The Twin Paradox................................ 384 26.4 Relativisticity................................... 386 26.5 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 387 26.5.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 387 26.5.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 388 26.5.3 Review Questions............................. 388 26.5.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 388 26.5.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 389 27 Spacetime Geometry 391 27.1 Space + Time = Spacetime............................ 391 27.2 Events and Worldlines.............................. 393 27.3 Space Transformation.............................. 396 27.4 Spacetime Distance................................ 398 27.5 Rules of Spacetime Geometry.......................... 399 27.6 Curved Worldlines................................ 405 27.6.1 The Spacetime Triangle Inequality................... 406 27.6.2 The Twin Paradox Revisited...................... 407 27.7 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 408 27.7.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 408 27.7.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 409 27.7.3 Review Questions............................. 409 27.7.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 410 27.7.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 410 28 E = mc2 413 28.1 Coordinate Velocity ............................... 413 28.2 Spacetime Velocity................................ 414 28.3 Spacetime Momentum.............................. 416 28.3.1 Relativistic Energy............................ 416 28.3.2 No Mass at Light Speed......................... 418 28.3.3 Invariant Length of Spacetime Momentum............... 418 28.3.4 No Relativistic Mass........................... 419 28.4 Conservation of Momentum........................... 420 28.4.1 The Classical Case............................ 421 28.4.2 The Relativistic Case .......................... 421 28.5 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 422 28.5.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 422 28.5.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 422 CONTENTS xv 28.5.3 Review Questions............................. 423 28.5.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 423 28.5.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 424 29 General Theory of Relativity 427 29.1 The Equivalence Principle............................ 427 29.2 Consequences of Equivalence Principle..................... 429 29.2.1 Bending of Light............................. 430 29.2.2 Gravitational Doppler Shift....................... 432 29.2.3 Gravitational Time Dilation....................... 433 29.3 Einstein s General Theory of Relativity .................... 434 29.3.1 Geometrization of Gravity........................ 434 29.3.2 Experimental Tests of GTR........................ 435 29.4 GTR and the Universe.............................. 442 29.4.1 Expansion of the Universe........................ 442 29.4.2 Hubble Law................................ 445 29.4.3 Age of the Universe ........................... 446 29.5 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 446 29.5.1 Answers to What do you know? 1................... 446 29.5.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 447 29.5.3 Review Questions............................. 447 29.5.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 448 29.5.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 449 30 Epilogue: No Marketplace 451 30.1 Continuity..................................... 451 30.2 Specificity..................................... 452 30.3 Use/Creation of Mathematics.......................... 452 30.4 Induction versus Deduction........................... 453 VII Twentieth Century Physics: Microcosmology 455 31 On the Experimental Front 457 31.1 TheNucleon ................................... 457 31.1.1 The Nuclear Force............................ 459 31.2 Nuclear Reactions ................................ 460 31.2.1 Nuclear Radioactivity.......................... 461 31.2.2 Nuclear Fission.............................. 464 31.2.3 Nuclear Fusion.............................. 466 31.3 The Emergence of Particle Physics....................... 468 31.3.1 Neutrino.................................. 468 31.3.2 Muons and Pions............................. 469 31.3.3 Cyclotron and the Particle Explosion.................. 471 31.4 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 472 31.4.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 472 31.4.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 473 31.4.3 Review Questions............................. 475 31.4.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 476 31.4.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 478 xvi CONTENTS 32 On the Theoretical Front 479 32.1 Mathematical Prediction of Antimatter .................... 479 32.2 Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) ....................... 481 32.2.1 Feynman Diagrams............................ 482 32.2.2 Predictions of QED ........................... 487 32.3 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 490 32.3.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 490 32.3.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 490 32.3.3 Review Questions............................. 491 32.3.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 491 32.3.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 492 33 Classifying Particles and Forces 493 33.1 Spacetime Symmetry: Mathematical Poetry I................. 493 33.2 Hadrons...................................... 495 33.2.1 Eightfold Way: Mathematical Poetry II................ 496 33.2.2 Fundamentalism in Hadron Physics: The Quarks.......... 498 33.2.3 Hadron Collision Chemistry ..................... 501 33.3 Leptons...................................... 504 33.3.1 The Electron............................... 504 33.3.2 The Muon................................. 504 33.3.3 The Neutrinos .............................. 505 33.4 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 506 33.4.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 506 33.4.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 506 33.4.3 Review Questions............................. 507 33.4.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 508 34 The Standard Model 509 34.1 Gauge Theory: Mathematical Poetry III.................... 509 34.1.1 Global and Local Symmetries...................... 510 34.1.2 Gauge Fields............................... 513 34.2 Electroweak Interaction............................. 516 34.2.1 The Lepton Sector............................ 517 34.2.2 The Quark Sector ............................ 522 34.2.3 The Higgs Boson............................. 526 34.3 Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)....................... 527 34.3.1 The Quarks................................ 527 34.3.2 TheGluons................................ 527 34.4 The Standard Model............................... 529 34.5 Grand Unification ................................ 530 34.6 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 533 34.6.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 533 34.6.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 534 34.6.3 Review Questions............................. 535 34.6.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 536 35 New Age Physics 539 35.1 Sins of the Fathers................................ 540 35.1.1 Physics and Politics?........................... 541 35.1.2 Physics and Mysticism?......................... 541 35.1.3 Observer-Created Reality?........................ 542 35.2 Union of Philosophy, Science, and Religion................... 544 CONTENTS xvii 35.2.1 Plato ................................... 544 35.2.2 Epicurus.................................. 545 35.3 Physics-Eastern Thought Parallelism ..................... 546 35.3.1 Quotations from Famous Physicists................... 547 35.3.2 Separating Classical and Modern Physics............... 548 35.3.3 Customized Physics........................... 550 35.3.4 Universal Analogies ........................... 553 35.3.5 Oblivion to True Progress........................ 554 35.4 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 557 35.4.1 Chapter Glossary............................. 557 35.4.2 Review Questions............................. 558 36 Epilogue: The Eye of Physics 561 36.1 Modern Experimental Techniques........................ 561 36.2 Modern Mathematical Techniques ....................... 563 36.3 An Endangered Species?............................. 564 36.4 Continuity and Specificity of Physics...................... 564 VIII Twentieth Century Physics: Macrocosmology 567 37 Physics of the Cosmos 569 37.1 The Friedmann Equation ............................ 569 37.2 Matter Dominance................................ 571 37.3 Radiation Dominance .............................. 573 37.4 Expansion and Olbers Paradox......................... 575 37.5 Echo of the Big Bang .............................. 576 37.6 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 579 37.6.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 579 37.6.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 579 37.6.3 Review Questions............................. 580 37.6.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 581 37.6.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 582 38 Early Universe 583 38.1 Content of the Early Universe.......................... 583 38.2 The Genesis as Told by Physics......................... 585 38.2.1 The First Epoch 1014 T oo.................... 585 38.2.2 The Second Epoch 1012 K T 1014 K .............. 587 38.2.3 The Third Epoch 1010 K T 1012 K............... 588 38.2.4 The Fourth Epoch 109 K T 1010 K............... 588 38.2.5 The Fifth Epoch 108 K T 109 K................. 589 38.2.6 The Sixth Epoch 15,000 K T 108 K............... 590 38.2.7 The Seventh Epoch 3000 K T 15,000 K............. 590 38.3 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 591 38.3.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 591 38.3.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 591 38.3.3 Review Questions............................. 592 38.3.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 592 38.3.5 Numerical Exercises........................... 593 xviü CONTENTS 39 The Last Epoch 595 39.1 Cosmic Structure Formation........................... 595 39.1.1 Jeans Mass................................ 595 39.1.2 Wrinkles in Spacetime.......................... 596 39.2 Problems with Standard Cosmology...................... 596 39.2.1 The Flatness Problem.......................... 597 39.2.2 The Horizon Problem.......................... 598 39.2.3 The Structure Problem ......................... 599 39.3 Inflationary Cosmology ............................. 600 39.4 Birth of a Star.................................. 601 39.5 Death of a Star.................................. 602 39.5.1 White Dwarfs............................... 603 39.5.2 Neutron Stars............................... 604 39.5.3 Black Holes................................ 604 39.6 End-of-Chapter Material............................. 607 39.6.1 Answers to What do you know? ................... 607 39.6.2 Chapter Glossary............................. 608 39.6.3 Review Questions............................. 609 39.6.4 Conceptual Exercises........................... 610 40 Epilogue: The Closing Dialogue 611 IX Nature of Science 617 41 Misconceptions about Science 619 41.1 Mathematics ................................... 619 41.2 Technology: Application of Science....................... 620 41.2.1 Medicine ................................. 620 41.2.2 The Role of Culture........................... 621 41.2.3 Science Is Blind to Future Applications................ 621 41.3 Science and Values................................ 625 42 Characteristics of Science 629 42.1 Science Studies Matter.............................. 629 42.1.1 Materialistic Philosophy......................... 630 42.2 Science Trusts Only Observation........................ 632 42.3 Continuity of Science............................... 633 42.4 Science Is Detached from the Scientist..................... 635 42.5 Reductionism and Science............................ 636 42.5.1 The Whole and Its Parts ........................ 637 42.6 Commonality of Instrumentation........................ 638 42.7 Reproducibility? ................................. 639 43 Science versus Pseudoscience 641 43.1 Some Characteristics of Pseudoscience..................... 641 43.1.1 Observation and Reinterpretation.................... 641 43.1.2 Falsifiability................................ 642 43.1.3 Abusing Limitation of Science...................... 642 43.1.4 Exploiting Mystery............................ 643 43.2 Intelligent Design................................. 644 43.2.1 What Is Evolution? ........................... 644 43.2.2 What Is Creationism?.......................... 645 CONTENTS xix 43.2.3 The Design Argument.......................... 646 43.3 Psychoanalysis.................................. 648 43.3.1 Neo-Freudians .............................. 649 43.3.2 How Can Psychoanalysis Become a Science?.............. 651 43.4 Alternative Medicine............................... 652 43.4.1 The Placebo Effect............................ 652 43.4.2 Chiropractic ............................... 654 43.4.3 Therapeutic Touch and Magnetic Therapy............... 656 43.5 A Project for the Reader............................. 658 Glossary 661 Answers to Selected Exercises 681 Bibliography 693 Index 697
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