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Dewey Class	530
Title	The problems of physics ([Ebook]) / By Anthony Leggett
Author	Leggett, Anthony J.
Other name(s)	Oxford Scholarship Online
Publication	Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press , 2007
Physical Details	1 online resource
ISBN	9780191706837
Note	Print publication date: 2006 . - Print ISBN-13: 9780199211241. - Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007
Summary Note	Is the universe infinite, or does it have an edge beyond which there is, quite literally, nothing? Do we live in the only possible universe? Why does it have one time and three space dimensions — or does it? What is it made of? What does it mean when we hear that a new particle has been discovered? Will quantum mechanics eventually break down and give way to a totally new description of the world, one whose features we cannot even begin to imagine? This book aims to give a general overview of what physicists think they do and do not know in some representative frontier areas of contemporary physics. After sketching out the historical background, the book goes on to discuss the current situation and some of the open problems of cosmology, high-energy physics, and condensed-matter physics. This book focuses not so much on recent achievements as on the fundamental problems at the heart of the subject, and emphasizes the provisional nature of our present understanding of things.:
Mode of acces to digital resource	Digital reproduction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. - Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). Available as searchable text in HTML format.
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscribing institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users)
Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199211241.001.0001
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Condensed matter . Cosmology . Particles (Nuclear physics) . Physics . See Also: Cosmology - Congresses . Authors: Leggett, Anthony J. . Corporate Authors: Oxford Scholarship Online . Classification: 530 . 530 (DDC 21) .

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