The Problems of Physics

Zusatztext First published in 1987 this reissue remains topical as it focuses on problems faced by physicists, rather than answers they provide. For instance, observation of the Higgs boson would not be the end of the story. Informationen zum Autor A.J. LeggettMacarthur Professor and Professor of PhysicsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAnthony J.Leggett was born in London, England in March 1938.He attended Balliol College, Oxford where he majored in Literae Humaniores (classical languages and literature, philosophy and Greco-Roman history), and thereafter Merton College, Oxford where he took a second undergraduate degree in Physics. He completed aD.Phil.(Ph.D.) degree in theoretical physics under the supervision of D.ter Haar. After postdoctoral research in Urbana, Kyoto and elsewhere he joined the faculty of the University of Sussex (UK) in 1967, being promoted to Reader in 1971 and to Professor in 1978. In 1983 he became John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a position he currently holds. His principal research interests lie in the areas of condensed matter physics, particularly high-temperature superconductivity,and the foundations of quantum mechanics. Klappentext This book aims to give the non-specialist reader a general overview of what physicists think they do and do not know in some representative frontier areas of contemporary physics. It focuses on the fundamental problems at the heart of the subject! and emphasizes the provisional nature of our present understanding of things. Zusammenfassung This book aims to give the non-specialist reader a general overview of what physicists think they do and do not know in some representative frontier areas of contemporary physics. It focuses on the fundamental problems at the heart of the subject, and emphasizes the provisional nature of our present understanding of things. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Setting the stage 2: What are things made of? 3: The universe: its structure and evolution 4: Physics on a human scale 5: Skeletons in the cupboard 6: Outlook ...

Product details

• Authors: Leggett, A. J. Leggett, Anthony Leggett, Leggett Anthony
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2006
• EAN: 9780199211241
• ISBN: 978-0-19-921124-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences; Oxford Classic Texts in the Ph; Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular, SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, Particle & high-energy physics, Atomic & molecular physics, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology, Particle and high-energy physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, SCIENCE / Physics / Particle