Doing physics : how physicists take hold of the world / Martin H. Krieger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krieger, Martin H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology.

Physicists.

Physics--Methodology.

Physics.

Physics--Philosophy.

Science--Social aspects.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Doing Physics makes concepts of physics easier to grasp by relating them to everyday knowledge. Addressing some of the models and metaphors that physicists use to explain the physical world, Martin H. Krieger describes the conceptual world of physics by means of analogies to economics, anthropology, theater, carpentry, mechanisms such as clockworks, and machine tool design. The interaction of elementary particles or chemical species, for example, can be related to the theory of kinship-who can marry whom is like what can interact with what. Likewise, the description of physical situations i

Contents:

Cover; DOING PHYSICS; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; PREFACE; 1 THE DIVISION OF LABOR: THE FACTORY; 2 TAKING APART AND PUTTING TOGETHER: THE CLOCKWORKS, THE CALCULUS, AND THE COMPUTER; 3 FREEDOM AND NECESSITY: FAMILY AND KINSHIP; 4 THE VACUUM AND THE CREATION: SETTING A STAGE; 5 HANDLES, PROBES, AND TOOLS: A RHETORIC OF NATURE; 6 PRODUCTION MACHINERY: MATHEMATICS FOR ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION; 7 AN EPITOME; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613942319

9781283629867

1283629860

9780253006080

0253006082

OCLC:

828888982