Seven tales of the pendulum
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| Glavni autor: | Baker, Gregory L. (-) |
| Vrsta građe: | Knjiga |
| Jezik: | eng |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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Sadržaj:
- Introduction.
- What is a pendulum. Why the pendulum. The motion of the pendulum. Picturing the motion.
- Seven tales of the pendulum.
- Pendulums measure the earth. Shape. Density. Rotation - the Foucault pendulum. Frames of reference. Foulcoust pendulums are tricky. Pendulums go public.
- 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.
- Pendulums measure fundamental forces. The historical torsion pendulum. Modern torsion pendulums.
- Pendulum swing high. A religious pendulum. Yes, the period does depend on the amplitude. Phase space revisited. Parametric forcing. Pendulum of horror.
- Pendulums go chaotic. Introduction and history. The chaotic pendulum. The geometry of chaos. Fractals. Information and prediction in chaos.
- Pendulums stick together. Synchronized pendulums. Secure communication. Control of the chaotic pendulum. Large-scale synchronization.
- 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.
- Conclusion.
- Odds and the end. The double pendulum. The cradle pendulum. The relativistic pendulum. The long now clock. Some final thoughts.