Geoff Cottrell explores matter, from its familiar forms as solids, liquids, and gases to plasmas, exotic forms of quantum matter, and antimatter. Discussing the origins of matter in the Big Bang, he looks at atoms, energy, mass, and the mysterious forms of dark matter and dark energy.
Geoff Cottrell explores matter, from its familiar forms as solids, liquids, and gases to plasmas, exotic forms of quantum matter, and antimatter. Discussing the origins of matter in the Big Bang, he looks at atoms, energy, mass, and the mysterious forms of dark matter and dark energy.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- 1: What is matter?
- 2: Atoms
- 3: Forms of matter
- 4: Energy, mass, and light
- 5: The quantum world of the atom
- 6: Quantum matter
- 7: The smallest particles
- 8: The origin of the elements
- 9: Dark matter and dark energy
- Further reading
- Index
