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About the biggest, the smallest, and everything else = travelling through the universe with a physicist guide /

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Title/Author:	About the biggest, the smallest, and everything else/ Serge Parnovsky.
Reminder of title:	travelling through the universe with a physicist guide /
Author:	Parnovsky, Serge L.
Published:	Singapore :World Scientific, : c2023.,
Description:	1 online resource (569 p.)
Notes:	Includes index.
Subject:	Physics. -
Online resource:	https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12828#t=toc
ISBN:	9789811256042

About the biggest, the smallest, and everything else = travelling through the universe with a physicist guide /
Parnovsky, Serge L.

About the biggest, the smallest, and everything elsetravelling through the universe with a physicist guide /[electronic resource] :Serge Parnovsky. - 1st ed. - Singapore :World Scientific,c2023. - 1 online resource (569 p.)

Includes index.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Dedication -- Preface -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1. It Couldn't Get Any Bigger. Scale: Universe -- 1.1. How It All Began or Forgotten Birthday -- 1.1.1. Big Bang -- 1.1.2. Fluctuations -- 1.1.3. Mass defect -- 1.2. Expansion of the Universe -- 1.2.1. Inflation of the Universe -- 1.2.2. Multidimensional worlds -- 1.2.3. What does it mean that the Universe is expanding? -- 1.2.4. Hubble's expansion and redshift -- 1.2.5. Formation of structures: Stars, galaxies, clusters, superclusters -- 1.3. Atoms and Molecules -- 1.3.1. Mendeleev's table -- 1.3.2. Atoms and ions -- 1.3.3. Lifetime and half-life -- 1.3.4. Isotopes -- 1.3.5. Molecules -- 1.4. Formation of Chemical Elements and Other Contents of the Universe -- 1.4.1. Primary nucleosynthesis -- 1.4.2. All the gold in the world: The formation of elements in stars and in supernova explosions -- 1.5. Light and Other Electromagnetic Waves -- 1.5.1. Scale of electromagnetic waves: From radio to gamma rays -- 1.5.2. How are electromagnetic waves emitted? -- 1.5.3. Telescopes and satellites for astronomy -- 1.5.4. Doppler effect -- 1.6. Cosmic Background Microwave Radiation -- 1.6.1. The oldest trace of the birth of the Universe -- 1.6.2. CMB tells about the early Universe -- 1.7. Forces in Nature -- 1.7.1. May the force be with you -- 1.7.2. Inertial frames of reference -- 1.7.3. Non-inertial frames of reference -- 1.7.4. Centrifugal forces -- 1.7.5. Coriolis force -- 1.7.6. Coriolis force and the Earth's rotation -- 1.7.7. Newton's laws and non-inertial frames of reference -- 1.7.8. Fields are sources of forces -- 1.7.9. Fundamental interactions -- 1.8. Gravity -- 1.8.1. The law of universal gravitation -- 1.8.2. Gravity and the Universe -- 1.8.3. Tidal forces -- 1.8.4. General theory of relativity -- 1.9. Dark Side of the World -- 1.9.1. Dark matter.

ISBN: 9789811256042Subjects--Uniform Titles:

Universe.
Subjects--Topical Terms:

564049
Physics.

LC Class. No.: BQ4570.P45 / .P376 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 294.33653

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505 0 $a Intro -- CONTENTS -- Dedication -- Preface -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1. It Couldn't Get Any Bigger. Scale: Universe -- 1.1. How It All Began or Forgotten Birthday -- 1.1.1. Big Bang -- 1.1.2. Fluctuations -- 1.1.3. Mass defect -- 1.2. Expansion of the Universe -- 1.2.1. Inflation of the Universe -- 1.2.2. Multidimensional worlds -- 1.2.3. What does it mean that the Universe is expanding? -- 1.2.4. Hubble's expansion and redshift -- 1.2.5. Formation of structures: Stars, galaxies, clusters, superclusters -- 1.3. Atoms and Molecules -- 1.3.1. Mendeleev's table -- 1.3.2. Atoms and ions -- 1.3.3. Lifetime and half-life -- 1.3.4. Isotopes -- 1.3.5. Molecules -- 1.4. Formation of Chemical Elements and Other Contents of the Universe -- 1.4.1. Primary nucleosynthesis -- 1.4.2. All the gold in the world: The formation of elements in stars and in supernova explosions -- 1.5. Light and Other Electromagnetic Waves -- 1.5.1. Scale of electromagnetic waves: From radio to gamma rays -- 1.5.2. How are electromagnetic waves emitted? -- 1.5.3. Telescopes and satellites for astronomy -- 1.5.4. Doppler effect -- 1.6. Cosmic Background Microwave Radiation -- 1.6.1. The oldest trace of the birth of the Universe -- 1.6.2. CMB tells about the early Universe -- 1.7. Forces in Nature -- 1.7.1. May the force be with you -- 1.7.2. Inertial frames of reference -- 1.7.3. Non-inertial frames of reference -- 1.7.4. Centrifugal forces -- 1.7.5. Coriolis force -- 1.7.6. Coriolis force and the Earth's rotation -- 1.7.7. Newton's laws and non-inertial frames of reference -- 1.7.8. Fields are sources of forces -- 1.7.9. Fundamental interactions -- 1.8. Gravity -- 1.8.1. The law of universal gravitation -- 1.8.2. Gravity and the Universe -- 1.8.3. Tidal forces -- 1.8.4. General theory of relativity -- 1.9. Dark Side of the World -- 1.9.1. Dark matter.
505 8 $a 1.9.2. Hunting for dark matter particles -- 1.9.3. Scientific breakthroughs and controversy about new concepts -- 1.9.4. Dark energy -- 1.9.5. Supernova explosions -- 1.9.6. Supernova explosions and their remnants in the Galaxy -- 1.9.7. Trying to scare readers -- 1.9.8. Accelerated expansion of the Universe and antigravity -- 1.10. Dark Ages and the First Stars -- 1.10.1. The chemistry of the Dark Ages -- 1.10.2. Stars around us -- 1.10.3. Stellar classification -- Chapter 2. The Sun and Surroundings. Scale: Solar System -- 2.1. The Solar System: Planets and Beyond -- 2.1.1. Dimensions of the orbits of the planets: The Titius-Bode rule -- 2.2. How Do Celestial Bodies Move? -- 2.2.1. The movement of a light body in the gravitational field of a heavy one -- 2.2.2. Ellipse and its properties -- 2.2.3. Orbital speed -- 2.2.4. Escape speed -- 2.2.5. Motion of several massive bodies -- 2.2.6. Perihelion shift -- 2.2.7. Exoplanets and exocomets -- 2.3. Electricity, Magnetism, and Their Relationship -- 2.3.1. Long road to electromagnetism -- 2.3.2. The emergence of the concept of a field as a foundation of modern physics -- 2.3.3. Maxwell's equations -- 2.3.4. Charge movement in a magnetic field -- 2.4. Waves -- 2.4.1. Longitudinal and transverse waves -- 2.4.2. Electromagnetic waves in vacuum: The relationship between a frequency and a wavelength -- 2.4.3. Electromagnetic waves in vacuum: Polarization -- 2.4.4. Natural light -- 2.4.5. Why do we need high antennas and TV towers -- 2.5. Formation and Evolution of the Solar System -- 2.5.1. Gas and dust cloud collapse -- 2.5.2. Formation of planets -- 2.5.3. Cosmic prerequisites for the origin of life -- 2.6. How is Heat Transferred? -- 2.6.1. Three main heat transfer mechanisms -- 2.6.2. Heat transfer in vacuum -- 2.6.3. Heat transfer by evaporation and vapour condensation.
505 8 $a 2.7. The Sun: Structure, Activity, and Influence on the Earth -- 2.7.1. How the Sun is studied -- 2.7.2. Internal structure of the Sun -- 2.7.3. The surface of the Sun and processes on it -- 2.7.4. Solar cycles and magnetic field -- 2.8. Beyond the Sun -- 2.8.1. Solar wind and corona -- 2.8.2. New space missions to explore the Sun -- 2.8.3. The Solar System boundary -- 2.8.4. Guests from other worlds -- 2.9. Cosmic Rays -- 2.9.1. Antiparticles -- 2.9.2. Radiation background -- 2.10. Solar System on the Scale of the Earth and the Universe -- 2.10.1. Scales of near-space and the Solar System -- 2.10.2. Objects within the Galaxy -- 2.10.3. Jet propulsion -- 2.10.4. A pessimistic view of interplanetary travel and space expansion -- 2.10.5. Distant galaxies and the cosmological horizon -- Chapter 3. Global Problems. Scale: Earth -- 3.1. Climate, Seasons, Day and Night -- 3.1.1. Climatic zones, change of day and night -- 3.1.2. Changing seasons, polar day, and polar night -- 3.2. Phase States of the Substance -- 3.2.1. Solid state, liquid state, and phase transitions between them -- 3.2.2. Long-range order in crystals and quasicrystals -- 3.2.3. Amorphous substances -- 3.2.4. Heat of fusion and freezing -- 3.2.5. Phase transitions of the first and second orders -- 3.2.6. Metastable states -- 3.2.7. Freezing point shifts with pressure change -- 3.2.8. Gas -- 3.2.9. Carbon dioxide and other heavy gases in the atmosphere -- 3.2.10. Boiling, condensation, supercooled vapour, and superheated liquid -- 3.2.11. Sublimation and desublimation: Triple point -- 3.2.12. Boiling point of water at different pressures -- 3.2.13. Dynamic equilibrium during phase transition -- 3.2.14. Air humidity -- 3.2.15. Critical point -- 3.2.16. Different types of ice, allotropic modifications, and tin pest -- 3.2.17. Plasma -- 3.2.18. Liquid crystals.
505 8 $a 3.3. Earth: Subsoil, Surface, and Atmosphere -- 3.3.1. Earth's core -- 3.3.2. Mantle and crust -- 3.3.3. The motion of lithospheric plates -- 3.3.4. Water on Earth -- 3.3.5. Water on Mars and Venus -- 3.3.6. Atmosphere -- 3.3.7. Air leak -- 3.3.8. Ionosphere and long-distance radiotransmissions -- 3.3.9. Global atmospheric circulation -- 3.4. Earth's Magnetic Field -- 3.4.1. Magnetic and geomagnetic poles -- 3.4.2. Magnetosphere -- 3.5. Space Weather -- 3.5.1. Carrington superstorm of 1859 -- 3.6. The Moon, Our Satellite -- 3.6.1. Moon motion -- 3.6.2. Moon phases, solar and lunar eclipses -- 3.6.3. Ebb and flow -- 3.6.4. The Moon is moving away from the Earth, slowing down its rotation -- 3.6.5. The origin of the Moon -- 3.6.6. The motion of the Moon and the rotation of the Earth in the distant future -- 3.6.7. Colonization of the Moon -- 3.6.8. Helium-3 and lunar mining -- Chapter 4. The Scale of Diversity: The World around Us -- 4.1. A Magnet and Its Cronies -- 4.1.1. Compass -- 4.1.2. Magnetic dipole moment -- 4.1.3. Diamagnets -- 4.1.4. Paramagnets -- 4.1.5. Ferromagnets -- 4.1.6. Domain structure of ferromagnets -- 4.1.7. Hysteresis loop -- 4.2. Conductors, Dielectrics and Company -- 4.2.1. Conductors -- 4.2.2. Dielectrics -- 4.2.3. Ferroelectrics and electrets -- 4.2.4. Pyroelectrics -- 4.2.5. Electrical properties of crystals, piezoelectricity -- 4.2.6. Superconductors and semiconductors -- 4.3. Lightning -- 4.3.1. Electric sparks and discharges -- 4.3.2. How the clouds are charging -- 4.3.3. Fair-weather current -- 4.3.4. Lightning rod -- 4.4. Mirages and Gravitational Lenses -- 4.4.1. Refraction of light -- 4.4.2. Inferior and superior mirages, Fata Morgana -- 4.4.3. Gravitational lenses -- 4.5. Rainbow -- 4.6. Physics in the Kitchen: Trying to Boil the Water and Potatoes -- 4.6.1. Energy balance when heating the kettle.
505 8 $a 4.6.2. High-speed cooking of potatoes at the TV competition -- Chapter 5. Atoms. Scale: Atomic and Smaller -- 5.1. How Did the Idea of Quanta Come About? -- 5.1.1. Revolutions in science -- 5.1.2. Paradigm shifts in optics -- 5.1.3. Problems that led to the idea of quantizing radiation -- 5.1.4. Planck's idea: Quantizing the radiation process -- 5.1.5. Einstein's idea: Photons are quanta of light -- 5.2. Physicists Build Models of the Atom -- 5.2.1. Pudding model -- 5.2.2. Planetary model -- 5.2.3. Bohr's model -- 5.2.4. The wave properties of the particles -- 5.3. The Weirdness of the Quantum World -- 5.3.1. The realm of probability -- 5.3.2. Quantum tunnelling -- 5.3.3. Influence of the measurement process -- 5.3.4. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle -- 5.3.5. Zero-point energy -- 5.3.6. Virtual particles and pairs -- 5.3.7. Physical vacuum -- 5.3.8. Particle spin -- 5.3.9. Bosons and fermions -- 5.3.10. Schrödinger's cat -- 5.3.11. Features of the microcosm: No diversity, no evolution -- 5.4. An Electron Shell of the Atom -- 5.4.1. Atom size -- 5.4.2. Orbitals and their quantum numbers -- 5.4.3. Quantum mechanics explains the periodic table -- 5.4.4. Exchange interaction -- 5.4.5. Science and fiction -- Chapter 6. Atomic Nuclei, Subatomic Particles, and Field Quanta. Scale: The Smallest -- 6.1. Subatomic Particles -- 6.1.1. Elementary particles and fundamental ones -- 6.1.2. Leptons -- 6.1.3. Quarks -- 6.1.4. Hadrons: Baryons and mesons -- 6.2. Strong and Weak Interactions -- 6.2.1. A weak interaction is capable of converting some quarks into others, and a strong one determines the energy output of this reaction -- 6.2.2. Fission of atomic nuclei -- 6.2.3. Nuclear reactors -- 6.2.4. Natural nuclear reactor -- 6.2.5. A spectre of thermonuclear energy seduces the world -- 6.2.6. Weak interaction breaks the mirror symmetry of the world.
505 8 $a 6.2.7. Tough life of hadrons.
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