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A Brief History of String Theory: From Dual Models to M-Theory
ISBN: 9783642451270 / Angielski / Twarda / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During its forty year lifespan, string theory has always had the power to divide, being called both a 'theory of everything' and a 'theory of nothing'. Critics have even questioned whether it qualifies as a scientific theory at all. This book adopts an objective stance, standing back from the question of the truth or falsity of string theory and instead focusing on how it came to be and how it came to occupy its present position in physics. An unexpectedly rich history is revealed, with deep connections to our most well-established physical theories. Fully self-contained and... During its forty year lifespan, string theory has always had the power to divide, being called both a 'theory of everything' and a 'theory of nothi... |
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Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference
ISBN: 9781107698314 / Angielski / Miękka / 558 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 1927 Solvay conference was perhaps the most important in the history of quantum theory. Contrary to popular belief, questions of interpretation were not settled at this conference. Instead, a range of sharply conflicting views were extensively discussed, including de Broglie s pilot-wave theory (which de Broglie presented for a many-body system), Born and Heisenberg s quantum mechanics (which apparently lacked wave function collapse or fundamental time evolution), and Schrodinger s wave mechanics. Today, there is no longer a dominant interpretation of quantum theory, so it is important to...
The 1927 Solvay conference was perhaps the most important in the history of quantum theory. Contrary to popular belief, questions of interpretation we...
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Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory
ISBN: 9781461268116 / Angielski / Miękka / 587 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Called by some "the theory of everything," superstrings may solve a problem which has eluded physicists for the past 50 years -- the final unification of the two great theories of the twentieth century, general relativity and quantum field theory. This is a course-tested comprehensive introductory graduate text on superstrings which stresses the most current areas of interest, not covered in other presentation, including: string field theory, multi loops, Teichmueller spaces, conformal field theory, and four-dimensional strings. The book begins with a simple discussion of point particle...
Called by some "the theory of everything," superstrings may solve a problem which has eluded physicists for the past 50 years -- the final unification...
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The Expanding Worlds of General Relativity
ISBN: 9781461268505 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The past decade has seen a considerable surge of interest in historical and philo- sophical studies of gravitation and relativity, due not only to the tremendous amount of world-wide research in general relativity and its theoretical and observational consequences, but also to an increasing awareness that a collaboration between working scientists, historians and philosophers of science is, in this field, partic- ularly promising for all participants. The expanding activity in this field is well documented by recent volumes in this Einstein Studies series on the History of General Relativity...
The past decade has seen a considerable surge of interest in historical and philo- sophical studies of gravitation and relativity, due not only to the...
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Vibrational Spectroscopy of Molecular Liquids and Solids
ISBN: 9781461331131 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book has its or1g1n in a NATO Summer School organized from June 25 to July 7 1979, in Menton, France. The purpose of this School was a comparative study of the various aspects of vibra- tional spectroscopy in molecular liquids and solids. This field has been rapidly expanding in the last decade; unfortunately, its development took place independently for liquids and for solids. In these circumstances, the comparison of the basic concepts and techniques used in these two branches of physics appeared as a necessity. The lectures given at the Menton Advanced Study Institute, as well as the...
This book has its or1g1n in a NATO Summer School organized from June 25 to July 7 1979, in Menton, France. The purpose of this School was a comparativ...
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Dynamics of Molecular Collisions: Part a
ISBN: 9781461588696 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Activity in any theoretical area is usually stimulated by new experimental techniques and the resulting opportunity of measuring phenomena that were previously inaccessible. Such has been the case in the area under consideration here beginning about fifteen years ago when the possibility of studying chemical reactions in crossed molecular beams captured the imagination of physical chemists, for one could imagine investigating chemical kinetics at the same level of molecular detail that had previously been possible only in spectroscopic investigations of molecular stucture. This created an...
Activity in any theoretical area is usually stimulated by new experimental techniques and the resulting opportunity of measuring phenomena that were p...
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Progress in Lasers and Laser Fusion
ISBN: 9781468429213 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains a portion of the presentations given at the session on Laser-Fusion and Laser Develop- ment of Orbis Scientiae II, held at the Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami, from January 20 through January 24, 1975. This second in the new series of meetings held at the CTS strove to implement the goals professed in the organization of Orbis Scientiae in 1974, namely to encourage scientists in several disci- plines to exchange views, not only with colleagues who share similar research interests, but also to acquaint scientists in other fields with the leading ideas...
This volume contains a portion of the presentations given at the session on Laser-Fusion and Laser Develop- ment of Orbis Scientiae II, held at the Ce...
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First Workshop on Grand Unification: New England Center University of New Hampshire April 10-12, 1980
ISBN: 9781468469059 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This workshop held at the New England Center provided a timely opportunity for over 100 participants to gather in a unique environment and discuss the present status of the unification of strong and electroweak forces. One reason for the timeliness was perhaps that experiments of the seventies had already lent confirmation to the separate theories of strong and of electroweak forces, so that for the eighties it now seems especially compelling to attempt the grand unification of these two forces. Also, the planned experiments to search for proton decay and the new experiments which are...
This workshop held at the New England Center provided a timely opportunity for over 100 participants to gather in a unique environment and discuss the...
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Ultrafast Dynamics of Quantum Systems: Physical Processes and Spectroscopic Techniques
ISBN: 9781475771367 / Angielski / Miękka / 725 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on a NATO Advanced Summer Institute, this volume discusses physical models, mathematical formalisms, experimental techniques, and applications for ultrafast dynamics of quantum systems. These systems are used in laser optics, spectroscopy, and utilize monochromaticity, spectral brightness, coherence, power density, and tunability of laser sources.
Based on a NATO Advanced Summer Institute, this volume discusses physical models, mathematical formalisms, experimental techniques, and applications f...
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The Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen Paradox in Atomic, Nuclear, and Particle Physics
ISBN: 9781489902566 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Paradox" conjures up arrows and tortoises. But it has a speculative, gedanken ring: no one would dream of really conjuring up Achilles to confirm that he catches the tortoise. The paradox of Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen, however, is capable of empirical test. Attempted experimental resolutions have involved photons, but these are not detected often enough to settle the matter. Kaons are easier to detect and will soon be used to discriminate between quantum mechanics and local realism. The existence ofan objective physical reality, which had disappeared behind the impressive formalism of...
"Paradox" conjures up arrows and tortoises. But it has a speculative, gedanken ring: no one would dream of really conjuring up Achilles to confirm tha...
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Quantization, Coherent States, and Complex Structures
ISBN: 9781489910622 / Angielski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The XIIIth Bialowieza Summer Workshop was held from July 9 to 15, 1994. While still within the general framework of Differential Geometric Methods in Physics, the XnIth Workshop was expanded in scope to include quantum groups, q-deformations and non-commutative geometry. It is expected that lectures on these topics will now become an integral part of future workshops. In the more traditional areas, lectures were devoted to topics in quantization, field theory, group representations, coherent states, complex and Poisson structures, the Berry phase, graded contractions and some...
The XIIIth Bialowieza Summer Workshop was held from July 9 to 15, 1994. While still within the general framework of Differential Geometric Methods in ...
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The Power of Time: The Interactive Nature of Time
ISBN: 9781493710553 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Die Debatte Um Die Quantentheorie
ISBN: 9783528085186 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 153 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Debatte tiber die Grundlagen der Quantentheorie, die auf eine mehr als fiinfzigjiihrige Tradition zurtickblickt, war in zwei Perioden besonders intensiv, niimlich unmittelbar nach der Begrtindung der Quantentheorie und wiederum in den letzten Jahren. An die Frtihzeit der Quantenphysik erinnerte Max Born in seiner Rede, die er anliiBlich der Verleihung des Nobelpreises im Jahre 1954 hielt. Er beschrieb die tiefgreifende Meinungsverschiedenheit, die die bertihmtesten Quantentheoretiker in 1 zwei Lager schied: "Wenn ich sagte, die Physiker hiitten die damals von uns entwickelte Denkweise...
Die Debatte tiber die Grundlagen der Quantentheorie, die auf eine mehr als fiinfzigjiihrige Tradition zurtickblickt, war in zwei Perioden besonders in...
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Chiral Quark Dynamics
ISBN: 9783662140208 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These Lecture Notes are based partly on a lecture given by one of us (H. R. ) at Tiibingen University in Spring 1991 and partly on a lecture given at the f Egyptian-German Spring School "Particle and Nuclear Phyic I' in Cairo in April 1992. They are addressed to graduate students and young esearch workers in theoretical physics. Some knowledge ofquantum field theory, especially on func- tional integral techniques, are required. These Notes are intended to give a ped- agogical introduction into the description of hadrons, Le. , mesons and baryons, within a quark model based on a chirally...
These Lecture Notes are based partly on a lecture given by one of us (H. R. ) at Tiibingen University in Spring 1991 and partly on a lecture given at ...
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Operational Quantum Physics
ISBN: 9783662140345 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Operational Quantum Physics offers a systematic presentation of quantum mechanics which makes exhaustive use of the full probabilistic structure of this theory. Accordingly the notion of an observable as a positive operator valued (POV) measure is explained in great detail, and the ensuing quantum measurement theory is developed and applied both to a resolution of long-standing conceptual and interpretational puzzles in the foundations of quantum mechanics, and to an analysis of various recent fundamental experiments.
The book, or different parts of it, may be of interest to... Operational Quantum Physics offers a systematic presentation of quantum mechanics which makes exhaustive use of the full probabilistic structur...
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Algebraic Renormalization: Perturbative Renormalization, Symmetries and Anomalies
ISBN: 9783662140406 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The idea of this book originated from two series of lectures given by us at the Physics Department of the Catholic University of Petr6polis, in Brazil. Its aim is to present an introduction to the "algebraic" method in the perturbative renormalization of relativistic quantum field theory. Although this approach goes back to the pioneering works of Symanzik in the early 1970s and was systematized by Becchi, Rouet and Stora as early as 1972-1974, its full value has not yet been widely appreciated by the practitioners of quantum field theory. Becchi, Rouet and Stora have, however, shown it to be...
The idea of this book originated from two series of lectures given by us at the Physics Department of the Catholic University of Petr6polis, in Brazil...
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Infinite Dimensional Groups and Algebras in Quantum Physics
ISBN: 9783662140536 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The idea of writing this book appeared when I was working on some problems related to representations of physically relevant infinite - mensional groups of operators on physically relevant Hilbert spaces. The considerations were local, reducing the subject to dealing with representations of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras associated with the associated groups. There is a large number of specialized articles and books on parts of this subject, but to our suprise only a few represent the point of view given in this book. Moreover, none of the written material was self-contained. At present,...
The idea of writing this book appeared when I was working on some problems related to representations of physically relevant infinite - mensional grou...
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Law and Prediction in the Light of Chaos Research
ISBN: 9783662141007 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Like relativity and quantum theory chaos research is another prominent concept of 20th century physics that has triggered deep and far-reaching discussions in the philosophy of science. In this volume outstanding scientists discuss the fundamental problems of the concepts of law and of prediction. They present their views in their contributions to this volume, but they also are exposed to criticism in transcriptions of recordings made during discussions and in comments on their views also published in this book. Although all authors assume familiarity with some background in physics they also...
Like relativity and quantum theory chaos research is another prominent concept of 20th century physics that has triggered deep and far-reaching discus...
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The Quantum Theory of Measurement
ISBN: 9783662141045 / Angielski / Miękka / 181 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The amazing accuracy in verifying quantum effects experimentally has recently renewed interest in quantum mechanical measurement theory. In this book the authors give within the Hilbert space formulation of quantum mechanics a systematic exposition of the quantum theory of measurement. Their approach includes the concepts of unsharp objectification and of nonunitary transformations needed for a unifying description of various detailed investigations. The book addresses advanced students and researchers in physics and philosophy of science. In this second edition Chaps. II-IV have been...
The amazing accuracy in verifying quantum effects experimentally has recently renewed interest in quantum mechanical measurement theory. In this book ...
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Indistinguishable Classical Particles
ISBN: 9783662141656 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here, the concept of indistinguishability is defined for identical particles by the symmetry of the state, therefore applying to both the classical and the quantum framework. The author describes symmetric statistical operators and classifies these by means of extreme points. He derives de Finettis theorem for the description of infinitely extendible interchangeable random variables, and presents generalisations covering the Poisson limit and the central limit. Finally, a characterisation and interpretation of the integral representations of classical photon states in quantum optics are...
Here, the concept of indistinguishability is defined for identical particles by the symmetry of the state, therefore applying to both the classical an...
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