Fly by Night Physics: How Physicists Use the Backs of Envelopes (Hardcover)

Zee, A.

  • 出版商: Princeton University
  • 出版日期: 2020-10-27
  • 售價: $1,380
  • 貴賓價: 9.8$1,352
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 448
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 069118254X
  • ISBN-13: 9780691182544
  • 相關分類: 物理學 Physics
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商品描述

The essential primer for physics students who want to build their physical intuition

Presented in A. Zee's incomparably engaging style, this book introduces physics students to the practice of using physical reasoning and judicious guesses to get at the crux of a problem. An essential primer for advanced undergraduates and beyond, Fly by Night Physics reveals the simple and effective techniques that researchers use to think through a problem to its solution--or failing that, to smartly guess the answer--before starting any calculations.

In typical physics classrooms, students seek to master an enormous toolbox of mathematical methods, which are necessary to do the precise calculations used in physics. Consequently, students often develop the unfortunate impression that physics consists of well-defined problems that can be solved with tightly reasoned and logical steps. Idealized textbook exercises and homework problems reinforce this erroneous impression. As a result, even the best students can find themselves completely unprepared for the challenges of doing actual research.

In reality, physics is replete with back-of-the-envelope estimates, order-of-magnitude guesses, and fly-by-night leaps of logic. Including exciting problems related to cutting-edge topics in physics, from Hawking radiation to gravity waves, this indispensable book will help students more deeply understand the equations they have learned and develop the confidence to start flying by night to arrive at the answers they seek. For instructors, a solutions manual is available upon request.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

「為物理學生建立物理直覺的基礎指南」

以A. Zee獨特引人入勝的風格呈現,這本書介紹了物理學生使用物理推理和明智的猜測來解決問題的實踐方法。作為高年級本科生及以上學生的基礎指南,《Fly by Night Physics》揭示了研究人員在開始計算之前,思考問題並找到解決方案(或者在無法解決時,巧妙地猜測答案)所使用的簡單而有效的技巧。

在典型的物理課堂上,學生們努力掌握大量的數學方法,這些方法在物理學中進行精確計算時是必需的。因此,學生們往往會形成一種不幸的印象,認為物理學由明確定義的問題組成,可以通過嚴謹的邏輯步驟來解決。理想化的教科書習題和作業問題加強了這種錯誤的印象。因此,即使是最優秀的學生也可能完全沒有準備好應對實際研究的挑戰。

事實上,物理學充滿了草稿估算、量級猜測和匆忙的邏輯推斷。這本不可或缺的書籍包含了與物理學前沿話題相關的激動人心的問題,從霍金輻射到引力波。它將幫助學生更深入地理解他們所學的方程式,並培養他們在尋找答案時的自信心,開始在夜晚飛翔。對於教師,可以根據要求提供解答手冊。

作者簡介

A. Zee is professor of physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His many books include On Gravity, Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists, Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell, Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell, and Fearful Symmetry (all Princeton).

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

A. Zee是加州大學聖塔芭芭拉分校卡夫利理論物理研究所的物理學教授。他的許多書籍包括《On Gravity》、《Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists》、《Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell》、《Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell》和《Fearful Symmetry》(全部由普林斯頓大學出版)。