Symmetry And Modern Physics: Yang Retirement Symposium

C N Yang, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th Century, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957, jointly with T D Lee, for their investigation of the relationship (parity symmetry) between left- and right-handed states, leading to a discovery that astounded the world of physics -- the nonconservation of parity by elementary particles and their reactions. With R L Mills, he created the concept of non-abelian gauge theories, the foundation of the modern description of elementary particles and forces. Professor Yang has worked on a wide range of subjects in physics, but his abiding interests have been symmetry principles, particle physics, and statistical mechanics.In 1999, a symposium was held at the State University of New York at Stony Brook to mark the retirement of C N Yang as Einstein Professor and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics, and to celebrate his many achievements. A noteworthy selection of the papers presented at the symposium appears in this invaluable volume in honor of Professor Yang.

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• Assisted by: Alfred Scharff Goldhaber (Editor), Goldhaber Alfred Scharff (Editor), Peter van Nieuwenhuizen (Editor), Peter Van Nieuwenhuizen (Editor), R Shrock (Editor), R. Shrock (Editor), John Smith (Editor), George Sterman (Editor), Sterman George (Editor), William Weisberger (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.09.2003
• EAN: 9789812385031
• ISBN: 978-981-238-503-1
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; Particle & high-energy physics, Particle and high-energy physics, SCIENCE / Physics / Particle