The music of fluctuations

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The music of fluctuations, waar gaat het boek over?A scientist writes about the winding roads to the truthThis is a history about physical research, but students in the humanities may find it interesting as well. Despite the strong emotion music can evoke, and the many pieces for string instruments and piano written in his youth, the author chose to become a scientist. Being lucky with his findings, he however left science when he was fifty. People with an own agenda, hiding behind science, showed that personal interests count more than physical phenomena. After his proof that the mass loss of stars is caused by fluctuations, he found that it was Huygens, not Newton, who had shown that force is linked to acceleration, not velocity. These discoveries take sizeable parts of chapters 5 and 8, while other phenomena are discussed as well, for instance radioactivity in rain from Russia after explosions in a nuclear reactor. His risky arguments with politicians, original ordering of texts, and exquisite play with history and literature give glimpses of the author’s soul. Over de auteur C.D. Andriesse C.D. Andriesse (1939) was professor at Utrecht University and is writer of novels and historical works. As physicist, he was pioneering and controversial, never afraid to give his opinion in public.Photo of the author: Ilja Keizer Meer informatie ISBN 9789464504798 Editie 1 Hoofdauteur C.D. Andriesse Taal Engels Bindwijze Hardback Releasedatum 29 april 2022 Aantal pagina's 112 Uitgever BoekScout BV NUR 402 - Waargebeurde verhalen Bijgewerkt op 05-08-2026, 06:52:01