{"product_id":"boojums-all-the-way-through-communicating-science-in-a-prosaic-age-hardback-9780521382311","title":"Boojums All the Way through; Communicating Science in a Prosaic Age (Hardback) 9780521382311","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBoojums All the Way through\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCommunicating Science in a Prosaic Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eN. David Mermin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521382311, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 March 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Readers from undergraduate science students to professional physicists and mathematicians will find this book both entertaining and full of ideas.\"   Perry Smith, Mathematical Reviews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBoojums All the Way Through is a collection of essays that deals in a variety of ways with the problem of communicating modern physics to both physicists and non-physicists. The author is Professor David Mermin, a well-known theoretical physicist, who recently won the first Julius Edgar Lileinfeld prize of the American Physical Society 'for his remarkable clarity and wit as a lecturer to nonspecialists on difficult subjects'. David Mermin's wry humour is clearly apparent in most of these articles, but even those that are more serious are characterized by a liveliness and commitment to finding startlingly simple ways of presenting ideas that are traditionally regarded as complex. This book will appeal to physicists at all levels, to mathematicians, scientists and engineers, and indeed to anyone who enjoys reading non-technical accounts of new ways of looking at modern science.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Reflections on the Pursuit of Physics: 1. E. pluribus boojum: the physicist as neologist\u003cbr\u003e 2. Commencement address\u003cbr\u003e 3. One of the great physicists ... and great characters\u003cbr\u003e 4. My life with Landeau\u003cbr\u003e 5. What's wrong with this lagrangean?\u003cbr\u003e 6. What's wrong with this library?\u003cbr\u003e 7. What's wrong with this prose?\u003cbr\u003e 8. What's wrong with these equations?\u003cbr\u003e 9. What's wrong with these prizes?\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Quantum Theory: 10. Quantum mysteries for anyone\u003cbr\u003e 11. Can you help your team tonight by watching on TV?\u003cbr\u003e 12. Spooky actions at a distance: mysteries of the quantum\u003cbr\u003e 13. A bolt from the blue: The Eistein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox\u003cbr\u003e 14. The philosophical writings of Neils Bohr\u003cbr\u003e 15. The great quantum muddle\u003cbr\u003e 16. What's wrong with this pillow?\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Relativity: 17. Cruel nature: a relativistic tragicomedy\u003cbr\u003e 18. The amazing many coloured relativity engine\u003cbr\u003e 19. Relativistic addition of velocities directly from the constancy of the velocity of light\u003cbr\u003e 20. Relativity without light\u003cbr\u003e 21. E = Mc2 (written with M. J. Feigenbaum)\u003cbr\u003e Part IV Mathematical Musings: 22. Logarithms!\u003cbr\u003e 23. Stirling's formula!\u003cbr\u003e 24. Pi in the sky\u003cbr\u003e 25. Variational principles in dynamics and quantum theory\u003cbr\u003e 26. Special functions: a group theoretic approach.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physics%20%5BPH%5D%22\"\u003ePH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005124071704,"sku":"9780521382311","price":94.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521382311i_1200165e-f2e4-420d-8686-f2647e30c1fc.jpg?v=1691376117","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/boojums-all-the-way-through-communicating-science-in-a-prosaic-age-hardback-9780521382311","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}