Buch, Englisch, Band 149, 207 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 341 g
Perspectives from Leading Scientists of the 20th Century
Buch, Englisch, Band 149, 207 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 341 g
Reihe: Fundamental Theories of Physics
ISBN: 978-90-481-7114-9
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
The present collection mostly consists of lectures on frontier topics. The transcript of each lecture is preceded by a short biography of the Nobel Laureate/Scientist in question.
The lectures are aimed at, and accessible to a wide non-specialist but higher educated audience.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Preise & Auszeichnungen
Weitere Infos & Material
Fifty Years of Cosmology.- Science as an Adventure.- The Early Universe.- The Long-Term Future of Particle Accelerators.- Energy and Evolution.- The Wonders of Pulsars.- Is the Future Given? Changes in Our Description of Nature.- Bubbles, Foams and Other Fragile Objects.- Beyond the Standard Model: Will it be the Theory of Everything?.- Living Joyfully with Complexity in Chemistry and Culture.- A Confrontation with Infinity.- The Creative and Unpredictable Interaction of Science and Technology.- The Link Between Neutrino Masses and Proton Decay in Supersymmetric Unification.- The Nature of Discovery in Physics.- Symmetry in the Micro World – A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner.