图书简介

1 Preface; 2 Physics as an art form; 3 Science as a sport; 4 The bothersome question of units; 5 The scientific method; 6 The three relativities; 7 A first fast visit to the universe; 8 More on the fundamental forces and their ’carriers’; 9 Everything, so far; 10 A parenthesis on quantum mechanics; 11 Understanding relativity and quantum mechanics; 12 Spin, statistics, supernovae, neutron stars and black holes; 13 Parallel realms; 14 A parenthesis on relativistic R2QFTs; 15 The unification of forces; 16 A parenthesis: Is basic science useful?; 17 Back to twins; 18 Some instruments of macro-physics; 19 The discovery of gravitational wave emission; 20 The direct detection of gravitational waves; 21 Some instruments of micro-physics; 22 The LHC and its detectors; 23 The ’Higgs’ boson, and its field in the ’vacuum’; 24 Today’s Standard Models of particles and gravity; 25 The expansion of the Universe; 26 Finding cosmic fossils; 27 Where is the Cosmic Antimatter?; 28 More on the Cosmic Background Radiation (CBR); 29 Problems with the ’old’ Big Bang Cosmology; 30 Inflation; 31 Limitations and peculiarities of the fundamental interactions; 32 The discreet symmetries of the fundamental interactions; 33 Dark Matter; 34 The origin of structures; 35 The fate of the Universe; 36 Back to the ether?; 37 The crash; 38 In spite of our admitted ignorance

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