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on1389607658 |
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OCoLC |
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20240408144024.0 |
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2023032946 |
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DLC |
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eng |
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rda |
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DLC |
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OCLCO |
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1422601457 |
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1424476720 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781541603295 |
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hardcover |
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154160329X |
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hardcover |
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(OCoLC)1389607658 |
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(OCoLC)1422601457 |
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| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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pcc |
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| Classification number |
530 |
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S897 |
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NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Strassler, Matt, |
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author. |
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| Title |
Waves in an impossible sea : |
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how everyday life emerges from the cosmic ocean / |
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Matt Strassler. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York, NY : |
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Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, |
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2024. |
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©2024 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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viii, 373 pages : |
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illustrations ; |
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25 cm |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Overture -- Motion. Relativity: the greatest illusion ; Coasting: easier than it appears -- Mass. Armor against the universe ; Enter Einstein: rest mass ; Worlds within worlds: the structure of material ; What mass is (and isn't) ; Energy, mass, and meaning ; That most important of prisons -- Waves. Resonance ; The waves of knowing ; What ears can't hear and eyes can't see -- Fields. Ordinary fields ; Elementary fields: a first, unsettling look ; Elementary fields: a second, humble look -- Quantum. The quantum and the particle ; The mass of a wavicle ; Einstein's haiku -- Higgs. A field like no other ; The Higgs field in action ; Basic unanswered questions ; Deeper conceptual questions ; The really big questions -- Cosmos. Protons and neutrons ; The wizardry of quantum fields ; Coda: the extraordinary in the ordinary. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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"At this very moment, we are moving through space at 130 miles per second, and yet we don't notice at all. Nothing slips and falls off the kitchen table as the Earth spins, and our bodies aren't catapulted against random buildings and trees by the planet orbiting the Sun. We, and everything around us, move at the same rate, so we simply don't notice the force that propels us through space. Nor do we notice the strangest fact of all, that we and everything around us ripple through the universe like whitecaps on the ocean, emerging from the cosmic backdrop and yet moving through it as though the backdrop wasn't even there. Indeed, whether it be through our senses of sight and touch, through our ability to drink soda on an airplane, or through navigation apps on our phones, we are constantly engaging with these peculiar aspects of the cosmos, even though we rarely recognize it. In Waves in an Impossible Sea, theoretical physicist Matthew J. Strassler explains how our lives, every day and every moment, are shaped by the core tenants of physics that make up the universe. Examining big picture concepts, like motion, mass, waves, fields, quanta, the Higgs field, and the quantum world, Strassler relates these theories to our ordinary lives. Ultimately, concludes Strassler, we humans are integrated into the universe - one might well say we are a part of it, an instantiation of the cosmos in action - rather than merely outsiders living inside it. Accessible and profound, Waves in an Impossible Sea offers a crash course in everything from the theory of relativity to the Higgs field, relatable to anyone who has ever rode in a car or laid in bed"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nuclear physics |
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Popular works. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Quantum theory |
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Popular works. |
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147371 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Particles (Nuclear physics) |
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Popular works. |
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226524 |
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