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Single Idea 20626

[filed under theme 27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter ]

Full Idea

The link between temperature, heat, work and energy is at the root of our historical ability to construct theories of matter, such as Newton's dynamics, while ignoring, and indeed being ignorant of - atomic dimensions.

Gist of Idea

Modern theories of matter are grounded in heat, work and energy

Source

Frank Close (Theories of Everything [2017], 3 'Arrow')

Book Ref

Close,Frank: 'Theories of Everything' [Profile Books 2017], p.32


A Reaction

That is, presumably, that even when you fill in the atoms, and the standard model of physics, these aspects of matter do the main explaiining (of the behaviour, rather than of the structure).


The 18 ideas from Frank Close

Third Law: total order and minimum entropy only occurs at absolute zero [Close]
Modern theories of matter are grounded in heat, work and energy [Close]
Electro-magnetic waves travel at light speed - so light is electromagnetism! [Close]
In QED, electro-magnetism exists in quantum states, emitting and absorbing electrons [Close]
Electric fields have four basic laws (two by Gauss, one by Ampère, one by Faraday) [Close]
Light isn't just emitted in quanta called photons - light is photons [Close]
The electric and magnetic are tightly linked, and viewed according to your own motion [Close]
Dirac showed how electrons conform to special relativity [Close]
All motions are relative and ambiguous, but acceleration is the same in all inertial frames [Close]
First Law: energy can change form, but is conserved overall [Close]
Work degrades into heat, but not vice versa [Close]
The Higgs field is an electroweak plasma - but we don't know what stuff it consists of [Close]
The general relativity equations relate curvature in space-time to density of energy-momentum [Close]
In general relativity the energy and momentum of photons subjects them to gravity [Close]
Electrons get their mass by interaction with the Higgs field [Close]
Space-time is indeterminate foam over short distances [Close]
Quantum fields contain continual rapid creation and disappearance [Close]
Photon exchange drives the electro-magnetic force [Close]