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Preface
10
An appetizer
12
FIRST PART
FALL, FLOW AND HEAT
19
Chapter I
Galilean motion
22
1
Why should we care about motion?
22
2
Galilean physics - motion in everyday life
38
3
Global descriptions of motion - the simplicity of complexity
182
4
From the limitations of physics to the limits of motion
292
Excursion A
Notation and conventions
320
SECOND PARTRELATIVITY
369
Chapter II
Special relativity
371
5
Maximum speed, observers at rest, and motion of light
373
Chapter III
Gravitation and relativity
450
6
Maximum force: general relativity in one statement
450
7
The new ideas on space, time and gravity
477
8
Motion in general relativity - bent light and wobbling vacuum
499
9
Why can we see the stars? - Motion in the universe
540
10
Black holes - falling forever
580
11
Does space differ from time?
594
12
General relativity in ten points - a summary for the layman
600
THIRD PARTLIGHT, CHARGES AND BRAINS
631
Chapter IV
Classical electrodynamics
635
13
Liquid electricity, invisible fields and maximum speed
635
14
What is light?
683
15
Charges are discrete - the limits of classical electrodynamics
731
16
Electromagnetic
effects and challenges
734
17
Classical physics
in a nutshell - one and a half steps out of three
753
Chapter V
The brain and language
772
18
Evolution and the brain
773
19
Thought and language
784
20
Concepts, lies and patterns of nature
802
Excursion B
Number and spaces
846
Excursion C
Sources of information on motion
880
Excursion B
Units, measurements and constants
886
FOURTH PARTQUANTUM THEORY: THE SMALLEST CHANGE
925
Chapter VI
Quanta of light and matter
928
21
Minimum action -
quantum theory for poets and lawyers
928
22
Light - the strange
consequences of the quantum of action
945
23
Motion of matter -
beyond classical physics
966
24
Colours and other
interactions between light and matter
989
Chapter VII
Permutation of
particles
1006
25
Are particles like
gloves?
1006
26
Rotations and
statistics - visualising spin
1017
Chapter VIII
Understanding quantum mechanics
1031
27
Superpositions and probabilities - quantum theory without ideology
1031
FIFTH PARTPLEASURE, TECHNOLOGY AND STARS
1063
Chapter IX
Advanced quantum
theory
1067
28
Motion for enjoying life
1067
29
Quantum
electrodynamics - the origin of virtual reality
1113
30
Quantum mechanics
with gravitation - the first approach
1127
Chapter X
Inside the
nucleus
1153
31
The structure of the
nucleus - the densest clouds
1153
32
The strong nuclear
interaction and the birth of matter
1178
33
The weak nuclear
interaction and the handedness of nature
1195
34
The standard model of
elementary particle physics - as seen on television
1200
35
Grand unification - a
simple dream
1200
36
Extending Quantum Theory
1205
Chapter XI
Quantum physics in
a nutshell
1216
Chapter XII
Bacteria, flies
and knots
1237
Excursion E
Particle properties
1260
SIXTH PARTMOTION WITHOUT MOTION - WHAT ARE SPACE, TIME AND PARTICLES?
1289
Chapter XIII
General relativity
versus quantum mechanics
1292
37
Does matter differ
from vacuum?
1266
38
Nature at large
scales - is the universe something or nothing?
1321
39
The physics of love -
a summary of the first two and a half steps
1342
40
Maximum force and
minimum distance - physics in limit statements
1352
41
The shape of
points - extension in nature
1381
42
String theory - a
web of dualities
1407
Chapter XIV
Unification (not yet available)
1424
Chapter XV
The top of the mountain (not yet available)
1425
Postface
1429
Name index
1430
Subject index
1459