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Boojums All the Way Through is a collection of essays that presents the dilemma of communicating modern physics to both physicists and nonphysicists. Some addressed to a general audience, some to students and others to scientists, the essays all share a preoccupation with both the substance and the style of written scientific communication, and offer a unique view of everyday science or scientific practice with the intention of increased clarity for the reader. The author believes the tradition of bland and impersonal scientific writing over the past fifty years deprives scientists of powerful tools for enhancing their clarity and capacity to communicate complex ideas. A well recognized theoretical physicist and winner of the first Julius Edgar Lilienfeld prize of the American Physical Society, Mermin writes with wry humor and conveys complex ideas with startling simplicity.
History of physics --- Physics. --- 53 --- Physics --- 53 Physics --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics
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In It's About Time, N. David Mermin asserts that relativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education--after all, it is largely about time, a subject with which all are familiar. The book reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, and that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advanced mathematics. This readable exposition of the nature of time as addressed in Einstein's theory of relativity is accessible to anyone who remembers a little high school algebra and elementary plane geometry. The book evolved as Mermin taught the subject to diverse groups of undergraduates at Cornell University, none of them science majors, over three and a half decades. Mermin's approach is imaginative, yet accurate and complete. Clear, lively, and informal, the book will appeal to intellectually curious readers of all kinds, including even professional physicists, who will be intrigued by its highly original approach.
Theory of relativity. Unified field theory --- Special relativity (Physics) --- Relativité restreinte (Physique) --- Special relativity (Physics). --- Relativité restreinte (Physique) --- Ether drift --- Mass energy relations --- Relativity theory, Special --- Restricted theory of relativity --- Special theory of relativity --- Relativity (Physics)
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Quantum theory --- Algorithms --- Théorie quantique --- Algorithmes --- Théorie quantique
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In the 1990's it was realized that quantum physics has some spectacular applications in computer science. This book is a concise introduction to quantum computation, developing the basic elements of this new branch of computational theory without assuming any background in physics. It begins with an introduction to the quantum theory from a computer-science perspective. It illustrates the quantum-computational approach with several elementary examples of quantum speed-up, before moving to the major applications: Shor's factoring algorithm, Grover's search algorithm, and quantum error correction. The book is intended primarily for computer scientists who know nothing about quantum theory, but will also be of interest to physicists who want to learn the theory of quantum computation, and philosophers of science interested in quantum foundational issues. It evolved during six years of teaching the subject to undergraduates and graduate students in computer science, mathematics, engineering, and physics, at Cornell University.
Quantum computers. --- Quantum theory. --- Informatique quantique. --- Théorie quantique --- Quantum mechanics. Quantumfield theory --- Computer science --- Quantum computers --- Quantum theory --- Ordinateurs quantiques --- Théorie quantique
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A collection of offbeat, entertaining and primarily nontechnical essays on physics and those who practice it, from eminent theoretical physicist N. David Mermin. Bringing together for the first time all thirty of his columns published in Physics Today's Reference Frame series from 1988 to 2009, with updating commentary, this humorous and unusual volume includes thirteen other essays, many of them previously unpublished. Mermin's lively and penetrating writing illuminates a broad range of topics, from the implications of bad spelling in a major science journal, to the crises of science libraries and scientific periodicals, the folly of scientific prizes and honors, the agony of getting funding, and how to pronounce 'quark'. His witty observations and insightful anecdotes gleaned from a lifetime in science will entertain physicists at all levels, as well as anyone else interested in science or scientists at the turn of the twenty-first century.
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Pourquoi, si longtemps après sa publication en 1905, aurait-on encore besoin d'un nouveau livre sur la relativité d'Einstein ? Parce que malgré la littérature abondante dans ce domaine, peu d'ouvrages se limitent au formalisme mathématique strictement nécessaire pour faire comprendre aux lecteurs le sens physique de cette théorie. D'après David Mermin, la relativité devrait être une partie importante de l'éducation de chacun car après tout, c'est en grande partie une question de temps, un sujet que tout le monde connaît bien ! Le livre révèle que certaines de nos notions les plus intuitives sur le temps sont fausses et que la nature réelle du temps découverte par Einstein peut être rigoureusement expliquée sans mathématiques avancées.Cet ouvrage est le fruit de plus de trente ans d'expérience d'enseignement auprès d'étudiants non scientifiques. L'approche proposée est imaginative, précise et complète. Clair, vivant et informel, ce livre séduira les lecteurs intellectuellement curieux de toutes sortes, y compris les physiciens professionnels, qui seront intrigués par son approche très originale.
Relativity (Physics) --- Special relativity (Physics) --- Time. --- Relativité (physique) --- Relativité restreinte (physique) --- Temps. --- Relativité (physique) --- Relativité restreinte (physique)
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Relativität ist ein Teil der Allgemeinbildung – davon ist der Autor N. David Mermin überzeugt, denn schließlich geht es um die Zeit, eine Sache, die nun wirklich jeder kennt. Mermins Zugang zum Thema ist sehr einfallsreich, aber dennoch exakt und vollständig. Diese gut lesbare Vorstellung der Grundgedanken von Albert Einsteins Relativitätstheorie richtet sich an alle, die sich noch zumindest vage an die Mathematik der Mittelstufe erinnern (quadratische Gleichungen und rechtwinklige Dreiecke reichen völlig aus). Klar, lebendig und unkompliziert spricht dieses Buch neugierige Leserinnen und Leser aus allen Fächern und Berufen an, einschließlich Physiker, die von Mermins originellen Ansätzen positiv überrascht sein werden. "David Mermins neues Buch ist ein Juwel. Mit nicht mehr als der simpelsten Algebra bietet es die klarste und erhellendste Darstellung der Relativitätstheorie, die ich je gelesen habe." Brian Greene, Columbia University " 'Es ist an der Zeit‘ reiht sich in die Liste der besten allgemeinverständlichen wissenschaftlichen Darstellungen der letzten 50 Jahre ein." Peter L. Galison, American Scientist "In diesem wunderbar zu lesenden Buch behauptet Mermin, dass ein Arbeitsverständnis der Speziellen Relativitätstheorie nicht mehr benötigt als ein paar quadratische Gleichungen und etwas Geometrie. Und er hat Recht!" Amanda Gefter, New Scientist.
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