Time, Space And Things by B Ridley

Time, Space And Things by B 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.

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	9780140551136
ISBN 10	0140551131
Title	Time, Space And Things
Author	B Ridley
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	1976-11-25
Number of pages	176
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