Time, Space and Things by B K Ridley
There are some wonderfully bizarre ideas in physics, and it seems a pity to keep them locked up in small boxes, available only to an esoteric coterie of key holders. Brian Ridley's book sets out to survey in simple, non-mathematical terms what physics has to say about the fundamental structure of the universe. He deals with all the basic concepts of modern physics: elementary particles, black holes, gravity, quantum theory, time, mass, relativity and energy; this new edition also includes coverage of more recently emerging ideas including strings, imaginary time and chaos. Ridley's clear and witty account gives an exciting introduction to the non-specialist while offering a fresh perspective to scientists themselves.-
A Mathematician's Apology
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The Invention of Tradition
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The Spanish Labyrinth
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Mr Tompkins in Paperback
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On Growth and Form
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Nations and Nationalism since 1780
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Conquest and Empire
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The Decipherment of Linear B
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Studies in Words
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The Theory of Evolution
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Seven Clues to the Origin of Life
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Quantum Physics
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Morality
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Medieval Women
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The Ghost in the Atom
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The Sicilian Vespers
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The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn
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Myth, Literature and the African World
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Ecological Imperialism
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Magic in the Middle Ages
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The Return of Grand Theory in the Human Sciences
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Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning
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The Seeds of Speech
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The English Language
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Language Death
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The Golem
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An Experiment in Criticism
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Superstrings
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Genius Explained
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The Trial of the Templars
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The Old World and the New
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Reading the Holocaust
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The First Crusade
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The Two Cultures
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Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
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The Bigger Bang
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The River of Time
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The Thread of Life
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Livro para Colorir de Canto
'The style is clear and makes pleasant reading … this is an excellent book' Physics Education
' … goes further, more elegantly, than any other book known to me in emulating for today what Arthur Eddington achieved in his The Nature of the Physical World in 1928'. New Scientist
'Time, Space and Things is an excellent book to be recommended to every student of physics.' American Journal of Physics
' … goes further, more elegantly, than any other book known to me in emulating for today what Arthur Eddington achieved in his The Nature of the Physical World in 1928'. New Scientist
'Time, Space and Things is an excellent book to be recommended to every student of physics.' American Journal of Physics
Brian K. Ridley, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Essex, UK Brian K. Ridley gained his B.Sc. in physics from University of Durham in 1953, and later his Ph.D. on colour centres in the alkali halides in 1957. He worked at the Mullard Research Laboratory, Redhill, 1956-1964; before moving to the Department of Physics at the University of Essex, 1964-present.
He has been a Full Professor from 1984, Research Professor from 1991-2007, and Professor Emeritus from 2008. He also holds Visiting appointments at Cornell, Stanford, Lyngby, Princeton, Lundt, Santa Barbara, Hong Kong. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1994, awarded the Paul Dirac Prize
and Medal in 2001 by the Institute of Physics, and awarded Prize of the HCIS International Conference, Modena, in July 2003.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521484862 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521484863 |
| Title | Time, Space and Things |
| Author | B K Ridley |
| Series | Canto |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1995-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 204 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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