Title
- World’s Twenty Greatest Unsolved Problems
Attribution
John R. VaccaPublication Details
BookPrentice Hall PTR2005Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) Q173 .V23 2005 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Featuring Original Contributions from Dr. Stephen Hawking Unfold the mysteries that vex the greatest minds in science Gain extensive knowledge of the most challenging scientific problems and learn from more than 60 of the world?s foremost scientists?among them, 40 Nobel laureates! You?ll find Complex topics made intelligible, as only experts in their fields can Coverage of the key problems expected to dominate the next 40 years of scientific research The World?s 20 Greatest Unsolved Problems is must reading for anyone teaching science or performing scientific research. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Notes
- "Gain extensive knowledge of the most challenging scientific problems and learn from more than 60 of the world’s foremost scientists - among them, 40 Nobel laureates. Expand your horizons with a wide range of advanced scientific theories and techniques."–BOOK JACKET
Contents
- Pt. I. Astronomy and cosmology
- Ch. 1. Astronomy : the mystery of dark matter
- Ch. 2. Cosmology : the creation of the universe
- Ch. 3. Theoretical cosmology and particle physics : the cosmological constant problem
- Pt. II. Physics and astrophysics
- Ch. 4. Gravity : the construction of a consistent quantum theory of gravity
- Ch. 5. Particle physics : the mechanism that makes fundamental mass
- Ch. 6. Particle physics and astrophysics : the solar neutrino problem
- Ch. 7. Astrophysics : the source of gamma-ray bursts
- Ch. 8. Theoretical high-energy physics : the unification of the basic forces
- Ch. 9. Solid state physics : the mechanism behind high-temperature superconductors
- Pt. III. Biology and paleontology
- Ch. 10. Biology : how the basic processes of life are carried out by DNA and proteins
- Ch. 11. Biology : protein folding
- Ch. 12. Paleontology : how present-day microbiological information can be used to reconstruct "the ancient tree of life"
- Pt. IV. Neuroscience
- Ch. 13. Free will
- Ch. 14. Consciousness
- Pt. V. Geology
- Ch. 15. The dynamics of the inner earth
- Ch. 16. Earthquake predicting
- Pt. VI. Chemistry
- Ch. 17. How microscopic atomic forces produce various macroscopic behaviors
- Ch. 18. The fabrication and manipulation of carbon-based structures (fullerenes)
- Pt. VII. Energy
- Ch. 19. Free energy
- Ch. 20. Nuclear fusion and waste
ISBN
- 0131426435
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