This text describes the precision of reality in terms of constraints provided by the four fundamental constants, and opens the possibility of discovering other constants in the future that will again change our image of the world.
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Universal Constants in Physics by Gilles Cohen-Tannoudji
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Part 1 Relativity: the law of universal gravitation and Newton's constant; special relativity and the speed of light; general relativity. Part 2 Quanta: statistical thermodynamics and Boltzmann's constant; Planck's constant; Boltzmann's constant as a quantum of information; probability amplitudes and wave-particle complementarity; Bosons and fermions. Part 3 The marriage of relativity and quanta: quantum field theories; the Feynmann path integrals; the paradigm of quantumelectronics; quarks in the standard model; cosmology and unification of fundamental interactions; the horizon of quantum gravitation; toward a scientific cosmogony.
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CIN0070116512VG
9780070116511
0070116512
Universal Constants in Physics by Gilles Cohen-Tannoudji
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