Everything That Moves. Walking Through the Restless Universe. From Cosmic Orbits to Quantum Fields
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This book is an account of the fundamental scientific picture of the world as it evolves from the more visual to the more abstract: from a thrown stone to an explanation of Einstein's and Schrödinger's equations. One understands the workings of the universe by observing motion, guessing at the rules that govern everything that happens, and gaining clues about hidden parts of the world or new rules from discrepancies between expected and actual motion: famous examples include the predicted existence of Neptune, Planet 9, and invisible matter in galaxies, the causes of the accelerated expansion of the universe, and the quantum nature of thermal radiation. The book discusses the functioning of the solar system and the possibilities of traveling through it; the relationships of space, time, and motion in the special theory of relativity and the problems of galactic travel defined by them; the general theory of relativity and its effects, including non-Keplerian orbits, time dilation, gravitational waves, and exotic modes of FTL travel; entropy as ignorance of microscopic motion and its applications from heat machines to Maxwell's demon and black holes; quantum mechanics, including the passage of the According to the rules of our universe, there can be no peace in it, and it is up to the reader to appreciate its restless diversity.
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