Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- I INTRODUCTION
- II CRYSTALS
- III PARTICLES AND WAVES
- IV THE ATOM
- V STATISTICAL PHYSICS
- VI THE QUANTUM MECHANICAL CRYSTAL
- VII COPPER WIRES AND GLASS RODS
- VIII SILVER SPOONS AND PLASTIC SPOONS
- IX GLASS PANES AND ALUMINIUM FOILS
- X ELECTRIC BULBS AND INSULATED CABLES
- XI MAGNETS
- XII SUPERCONDUCTORS
- XIII CONCLUSION
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- I INTRODUCTION
- II CRYSTALS
- III PARTICLES AND WAVES
- IV THE ATOM
- V STATISTICAL PHYSICS
- VI THE QUANTUM MECHANICAL CRYSTAL
- VII COPPER WIRES AND GLASS RODS
- VIII SILVER SPOONS AND PLASTIC SPOONS
- IX GLASS PANES AND ALUMINIUM FOILS
- X ELECTRIC BULBS AND INSULATED CABLES
- XI MAGNETS
- XII SUPERCONDUCTORS
- XIII CONCLUSION
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
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- Why Things Are the Way They Are , pp. 8 - 34Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997