Action potential
Amplitude
Anisotropy
Available energy (particle collision)
Big Bang nucleosynthesis
Calculation
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Coalescence (physics)
Collider
Compactification (physics)
Computation
Constructive quantum field theory
Cosmic microwave background
Cosmological constant
Cosmological principle
CP violation
Cross section (physics)
Cryogenics
Cuprate
Electrical resistivity and conductivity
Energy density
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Experimental physics
Fermi energy
Fermi liquid theory
Fermi surface
Fermion
Gauge theory
Gravitational field
Gravitational wave
Hadron collider
Inflation (cosmology)
Instability
Interferometry
Length scale
Lepton
LIGO
Linear particle accelerator
Measurement
Muon
Neutrino
Neutrino detector
Neutrino oscillation
Neutron star
Non-equilibrium thermodynamics
Nuclear physics
Particle accelerator
Particle physics
Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)
Photon
Physical cosmology
Physicist
Physics
Physics beyond the Standard Model
Prediction
Quantum chromodynamics
Quantum electrodynamics
Quantum field theory
Quantum mechanics
String theory
Superconductivity
Supersymmetry
Synchrotron
Synchrotron radiation
Technology
Temperature
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Tevatron
Theoretical physics
Unitarity (physics)
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Product details
- ISBN 9780691057842
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 197 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 16 Nov 1997
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The past century has seen fantastic advances in physics, from the discovery of the electron, x-rays, and radioactivity, to the era of incredible solid state devices, computers, quarks and leptons, and the standard model. But what of the next? Many scientists think we are on the threshold of an even more exciting new era in which breakthroughs in a startling variety of directions will produce significant changes in our understanding of the natural world. In this book, a group of eminent scientists define and elaborate on these new directions. Ed Witten and Frank Wilczek discuss string theory and the future of particle physics; Donald Perkins describes the search for neutrino oscillations; Alvin Tollestrup reveals dreams of a muon collider at Fermilab to probe the heart of "elementary" particles; and Robert Palmer anticipates a new generation of particle accelerators. Thibault Damour reviews classical gravitation and the relevant new high-precision experiments; Kip Thorne describes the exciting future for gravitational wave astronomy; and Paul Steinhardt examines the recent breakthroughs in observational cosmology and explains what future experiments might reveal.
James Langer explores nonequilibrium statistics and relates it to the origins of complexity; Harry Swinney takes an experimentalist's view of the emergence of order in seemingly chaotic systems; and John Hopfield describes an extremely unusual dynamical system--the human brain. Bruce Hillman, M. D., discusses the recent developments in imaging techniques that have brought about outstanding advances in medical diagnostics. T.V. Ramakrishnan looks at high-temperature superconductors, which could eventually revolutionize the solid-state technology on which society is already highly dependent.
Val L. Fitch, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and the National Medal of Science, is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics at Princeton University. He is a member of the President's Science Advisory Board and former president of the American Physical Association. Daniel R. Marlow is Professor of Physics, and Margit A. E. Dementi is a Lecturer in the English Department, both at Princeton University.
