Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Tautological Toolkit
- Rise and Fall: The Logistic Equation
- Mechanics and Gravity: Newton’s Dynamical Equations and Universal Law of Gravity
- The Electromagnetic Force: The Lorentz Force Law
- A Local Conservation Law: The Continuity Equation
- Electrodynamics: The Maxwell Equations
- Electromagnetic Waves: The Wave Equations
- Solitary Waves: The Korteweg–De Vries Equation
- Thermodynamics: The Three Laws of Thermodynamics
- Kinetic Theory: The Boltzmann Equation
- Hydrodynamics: The Navier–Stokes Equations
- Special Relativity: Relativistic Kinematics
- General Relativity: the Einstein Equations
- Quantum Mechanics: the Schrödinger Equation
- The Relativistic Electron: the Dirac Equation
- The Strong Force: Quantum Chromodynamics
- Electro-Weak Interactions: The Glashow–Weinberg–Salam Model
- String Theory: The Superstring Action
- Back To the Future: A Final Perspective
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Tautological Toolkit
- Rise and Fall: The Logistic Equation
- Mechanics and Gravity: Newton’s Dynamical Equations and Universal Law of Gravity
- The Electromagnetic Force: The Lorentz Force Law
- A Local Conservation Law: The Continuity Equation
- Electrodynamics: The Maxwell Equations
- Electromagnetic Waves: The Wave Equations
- Solitary Waves: The Korteweg–De Vries Equation
- Thermodynamics: The Three Laws of Thermodynamics
- Kinetic Theory: The Boltzmann Equation
- Hydrodynamics: The Navier–Stokes Equations
- Special Relativity: Relativistic Kinematics
- General Relativity: the Einstein Equations
- Quantum Mechanics: the Schrödinger Equation
- The Relativistic Electron: the Dirac Equation
- The Strong Force: Quantum Chromodynamics
- Electro-Weak Interactions: The Glashow–Weinberg–Salam Model
- String Theory: The Superstring Action
- Back To the Future: A Final Perspective
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- EquationsIcons of knowledge, pp. 1 - 4Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2005