Seven tales of the pendulum

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Glavni autor: Baker, Gregory L. (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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245 1 0 |a Seven tales of the pendulum /  |c Gregory Baker. 
260 |a New York :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2011. 
300 |a xvii, 227 str. :  |b ilustr. ;  |c 23 cm. 
500 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 0 |t Introduction.   |t What is a pendulum. Why the pendulum. The motion of the pendulum. Picturing the motion.  |t Seven tales of the pendulum.   |t Pendulums measure the earth. Shape. Density. Rotation - the Foucault pendulum. Frames of reference. Foulcoust pendulums are tricky. Pendulums go public.  |t Pendulums keep time. Mechanical clocks pre-pendulum. The development of the pendulum clock. Time as a standard of length. Escapements. Temperature compensation. Pendulum clocks into the twentieth century.  |t Pendulums measure fundamental forces. The historical torsion pendulum. Modern torsion pendulums.  |t Pendulum swing high. A religious pendulum. Yes, the period does depend on the amplitude. Phase space revisited. Parametric forcing. Pendulum of horror.  |t Pendulums go chaotic. Introduction and history. The chaotic pendulum. The geometry of chaos. Fractals. Information and prediction in chaos.  |t Pendulums stick together. Synchronized pendulums. Secure communication. Control of the chaotic pendulum. Large-scale synchronization.   |t Pendulums in the small. Potential energy. A new physics. Two simplified quantum systems. The nonlinear quantum pendulum. Microscopic pendulums. Does quantum physics partially wash out chaos.  |t Conclusion.  |t Odds and the end. The double pendulum. The cradle pendulum. The relativistic pendulum. The long now clock. Some final thoughts. 
650 0 |a Pendulum. 
650 0 |a Gravity. 
650 0 |a Rotational motion (Rigid dynamics) 
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