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Title

More things in heaven and earth : a celebration of physics at the millennium / Benjamin Bederson, editor.

Publication

New York : Springer : American Physical Society, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

Bederson, Benjamin.

Description

xix, 841 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

Summary

• The 20th century has been a golden age of physics, a period of remarkable achievements unlike any other in history.
• From the foundations of twentieth century physics, notably quantum mechanics and relativity, to the great practical inventions such as the transistor and the laser which followed, our lives have been transformed by discoveries made by some of the most brilliant minds of our century. "More Things in Heaven and Earth", with essays by preeminent scientists across the spectrum of physics on key developments and future trends in their fields, presents a portrait of contemporary physics at this moment in time.

Subjects

• Physics > History > 20th century
• Astrophysics > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword / Martin Blume -- Preface / Benjamin Bederson -- Introduction / Hans A. Bethe -- Historic Perspectives - Personal Essays on Historic Developments. Quantum Theory / Hans A. Bethe. Nuclear Physics / Hans A. Bethe. Theoretical Particle Physics / A. Pais. Elementary Particle Physics: The Origins / Val L. Fitch. Astrophysics / George Field. A Century of Relativity / Irwin I. Shapiro. From Radar to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance / Robert V. Pound. An Essay on Condensed Matter Physics in the Twentieth Century / W. Kohn. A Short History of Atomic Physics in the Twentieth Century / Daniel Kleppner -- Particle Physics and Related Topics. Quantum Field Theory / Frank Wilczek. The Standard Model of Particle Physics / Mary K. Gaillard, Paul D. Grannis and Frank J. Sciulli. String Theory, Supersymmetry, Unification, and All That / John H. Schwarz and Nathan Seiberg. Accelerators and Detectors / W. K. H. Panofsky and M. Breidenbach.
• Anomalous g Values of the Electron and Muon / V. W. Hughes and T. Kinoshita. Neutrino Physics / L. Wolfenstein -- Astrophysics. Cosmology at The Millennium / Michael S. Turner and J. Anthony Tyson. Cosmic Rays: The Most Energetic Particles in the Universe / James W. Cronin. Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation / Lyman Page and David Wilkinson. Black Holes / Gary T. Horowitz and Saul A. Teukolsky. Gravitational Radiation / Rainer Weiss. Deciphering the Nature of Dark Matter / Bernard Sadoulet -- Nuclear Physics. Nuclear Physics at the End of the Century / E. M. Henley and J. P. Schiffer. Stellar Nucleosynthesis / Edwin E. Salpeter -- Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. Atomic Physics / Sheldon Datz, G. W. F. Drake and T. F. Gallagher [et al.]. Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics / T. W. Hansch and H. Walther. Atom Cooling, Trapping, and Quantum Manipulation / Carl E. Wieman, David E. Pritchard and David J. Wineland.
• Laser Physics: Quantum Controversy in Action / W. E. Lamb, W. P. Schleich and M. O. Scully [et al.]. Quantum Effects in One-Photon and Two-Photon Interference / L. Mandel. From Nanosecond to Femtosecond Science / N. Bloembergen. Experiment and Foundations of Quantum Physics / Anton Zeilinger -- Condensed Matter Physics. The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect / Horst L. Stormer, Daniel C. Tsui and Arthur C. Gossard. Conductance Viewed as Transmission / Yoseph Imry and Rolf Landauer. Superconductivity / J. R. Schrieffer and M. Tinkham. Superfluidity / A. J. Leggett. In Touch with Atoms / G. Binnig and H. Rohrer. Materials Physics / P. Chaudhari and M. S. Dresselhaus. The Invention of the Transistor / Michael Riordan, Lillian Hoddeson and Conyers Herring -- Statistical Physics and Fluids. Statistical Mechanics: A Selective Review of Two Central Issues / Joel L. Lebowitz. Scaling, Universality, and Renormalization: Three Pillars of Modern Critical Phenomena / H. Eugene Stanley.
• Insights from Soft Condensed Matter / Thomas A. Witten. Granular Matter: A Tentative View / P. G. de Gennes. Fluid Turbulence / Katepalli R. Sreenivasan. Pattern Formation in Nonequilibrium Physics / J. P. Gollub and J. S. Langer -- Plasma Physics. The Collisionless Nature of High-Temperature Plasmas / T. M. O'Neil and F. V. Coroniti -- Chemical Physics and Biological Physics. Chemical Physics: Molecular Clouds, Clusters, and Corrals / Dudley Herschbach. Biological Physics / Hans Frauenfelder, Peter G. Wolynes and Robert H. Austin. Brain, Neural Networks, and Computation / J. J. Hopfield -- Computational Physics. Microscopic Simulations in Physics / D. M. Ceperley -- Applications of Physics to Other Areas. Physics and Applications of Medical Imaging / William R. Hendee. Nuclear Fission Reactors / Charles E. Till. Nuclear Power - Fusion / T. Kenneth Fowler. Physics and U.S. National Security / Sidney D. Drell. Laser Technology / R. E. Slusher.
• Physics and the Communications Industry / W. F. Brinkman and D. V. Lang.

ISBN

0387986626 (alk. paper)

LCCN

98053116

OCLC

• 40460054
• ocm40460054

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries