Joseph Rosen: Symmetry Rules

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Beschreibung

Ernest Rutherford (New Zealand¿British physicist, 1871¿1937), the 1908 Nobel Laureate who discovered the existence of atomic nuclei, is famously quoted as having said: ¿Physics is the only real science. All the rest is butter?y collecting.¿ Or something to that e?ect. I like to include this quote in my introductory remarks at the ?rst class meetings of the physics courses I teach. I have seen that there are those whointerpret this as a put-down of amateurs (butter?y collectors) in science. However, my own interp- tation of Rutherford¿s statement is that he is claiming that, except for physics, all of the rest of science is involved merely in collecting facts and classifying them (butter?y collecting). It is physics, uniqueamong the sciences, that is attempting to ?nd explanations for the classi?ed data. The periodic table of the chemical elements, originally proposed by DmitriIvanovichMendeleev(Russianchemist,1834¿1907), presentsan example of this. Chemists toiled to discover the chemical elements and their properties and then classi?ed the elements in the scheme that is expressed by the periodic table. Here was the chemists¿ butter?y collecting. It took physicists to explaintheperiodictablebymeansof quantum theory.

Über den Autor

A theoretical physicist, Joe Rosen was for many years a member of the School of Physics and Astronomy of Tel Aviv University and also served as chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Central Arkansas. He has authored or edited eleven books, and many of his publications have dealt with various aspects of symmetry in physics and in science. Now semi-retired from academe, Joe Rosen is involved in research, writing, and physics teaching as adjunct professor at universities and colleges in the Washington DC area.

Zusammenfassung

Written by renowned expert on symmetry

Level appropriate for newcomers

Experienced author and talented writer

Suited as background reading for physics students

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Concept of Symmetry.- Science Is Founded on Symmetry.- Symmetry in Physics.- The Symmetry Principle.- Application of Symmetry.- Approximate Symmetry, Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking.- Cosmic Considerations.- The Mathematics of Symmetry: Group Theory.- Group Theory Continued.- The Formalism of Symmetry.- Symmetry in Processes.- Summary of Principles.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2008
Fachbereich:	Astronomie
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Physik , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	xiv 305 S. 86 s/w Illustr. 305 p. 86 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783540759720
ISBN-10:	3540759727
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	11945581
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Rosen, Joseph
Hersteller:	Springer Berlin Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	241 x 160 x 22 mm
Von/Mit:	Joseph Rosen
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.03.2008
Gewicht:	0,647 kg

Artikel-ID: 101880390