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100	1		_aStrassler, Matt, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWaves in an impossible sea : _bhow everyday life emerges from the cosmic ocean / _cMatt Strassler.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bBasic Books, Hachette Book Group, _c2024.
264		4	_c©2024
300			_aviii, 373 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aOverture -- 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			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aNuclear physics _vPopular works.
650		0	_aQuantum theory _vPopular works. _9147371
650		0	_aParticles (Nuclear physics) _vPopular works. _9226524
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