Name: Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics Paperback: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures
SKU: 1584707
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Author: Feynman, Richard P. ; Weinberg, Steven
ISBN: 9780521658621

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Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics Paperback: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures

Type

Physical Book

Author

Steven Weinberg

Richard P. Feynman

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

1999

Language

English

Pages

122

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

18.3x12.6x0.9 cm

Weight

0.13 kg.

ISBN

0521658624

ISBN13

9780521658621

Edition No.

N/A

Synopsis "Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics Paperback: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures "

Developing a theory that seamlessly combines relativity and quantum mechanics, the most important conceptual breakthroughs in twentieth century physics, has proved to be a difficult and ongoing challenge. This book details how two distinguished physicists and Nobel laureates have explored this theme in two lectures given in Cambridge, England, in 1986 to commemorate the famous British physicist Paul Dirac. Given for nonspecialists and undergraduates, the talks transcribed in Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics focus on the fundamental problems of physics and the present state of our knowledge. Professor Feynman examines the nature of antiparticles, and in particular the relationship between quantum spin and statistics. Professor Weinberg speculates on how Einstein's theory of gravitation might be reconciled with quantum theory in the final law of physics. Highly accessible, deeply thought provoking, this book will appeal to all those interested in the development of modern physics.

Richard P. Feynman

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Feynman has been one of the most important scientists in the history of physics in the 20th century. He was an enthusiastic popularizer of physics through books and lectures. He collaborated in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and became known to a wide audience in the 1980s as a member of the Rogers Commission, the group that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman, along with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.

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