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For thousands of years mankind has tried to understand nature. Exploring the world on all scales with instruments of ever more ingenuity, we have been able to unravel some of the great mysteries that surround us. While collecting an overwhelming multitude of observational facts, we discovered fundamental laws that govern the structure and evolution of physical reality.We know that nature speaks to... Read more
Introduction, The tautological toolkit, Rise and fall: The logistic equation, Mechanics and gravity: Newton’s dynamical equations and universal law of gravity, The electromagnetic force: The Lorentz force law, A local conservation law: The continuity equation, Electrodynamics: The Maxwell equations, Electromagnetic waves: The wave equations, Solitary waves: The Korteweg–De Vries equation, Thermodynamics: The three laws of thermodynamics, Kinetic theory: The Boltzmann equation, Hydrodynamics: The Navier–Stokes equations, Special relativity: Relativistic kinematics, General relativity: The Einstein equations, Quantum mechanics: The Schrödinger equation, The relativistic electron: The Dirac equation, The strong force: Quantum chromodynamics, Electro-weak interactions: The Glashow–Weinberg–Salam model, String theory: The superstring action, Back to the future: A final perspective
Biography
Sander Bais is a well-known theoretical physicist from the University of Amsterdam and was a long-time external faculty member of the Sante Fe Institute. His popular books like Very Special Relativity, The Equations and In Praise of Science have together appeared in more than 15 languages.
