Instead of the ordinary numbers used in conventional mathematics, the quantum nature of the fields requires the use of Hilbert algebra, in which the physical properties are described by vectors in an...
Fields of color. A special feature of this book is the use of color to depict fields that in themselves are unpicturable. Just as the color blue permeates the sky, so you will be asked to picture spac...
General spin is an abstract mathematical concept that is related to the number of field components and how they change when viewed from different angles. The more field components, the higher the
The job of science is to look beyond our intuition, to find out by any means possible what's really going on, and to give up old ways of thinking when the evidence requires it.
NOTHING CAN GO FASTER THAN LIGHTOf course the idea that there is an ultimate speed limit seems absurd. While the speed of light is very high by earthly standards, the magnitude is not the point; any k...
Energy. In classical physics, energy means the ability to do work, which is defined as exerting a force over a distance. This definition, however, doesn't provide much of a picture, so in classical ph...
Schrodinger, despite some misgivings, believed that the electron is a real wave spread throughout all of space
The number of matter quanta in a given region or state is limited by the Exclusion Principle.