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There is practically no area of contemporary life that has not been transformed by the breathtaking insights and everyday applications of twentieth-century physics—from the technologies many of us take for granted to our deepest beliefs about the universe itself. Physics for the Rest of Us brings to life for the curious nonphysicist reader ten key ideas of modern physics and explores their far-reaching influence on our lives and thought. Roger S. Jones explains major concepts—such as Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity, quantum theory, and the structure of the atomic nucleus—and traces the profound ways in which these ideas have affected our spiritual, psychological, ethical, and aesthetic worldviews. With lively intelligence, he also addresses such profound questions as: What light does science shed on the meaning of human existence? Are scientific theories independent of the men and women who conceive them? Are religion and science related or, ultimately, in conflict?
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