Between Quantum and Cosmos (eBook)

Studies and Essays in Honor of John Archibald Wheeler

Alwyn Van der Merwe, Wojciech Hubert Zurek, Warner Allen Miller (Herausgeber)

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2017
636 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8697-5 (ISBN)

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The forty papers collected here honor one of the great scientists of our time--John Archibald Wheeler. In this volume are gathered the six issues of the journal Foundations of Physics (February through July 1986) that celebrate his seventy-fifth birthday. Enlivened by Professor Wheeler's celebrated drawings, the book captures and illuminates his many contributions to physics, including his discovery of the scattering matrix and his elucidation, with Niels Bohr, of the mechanism of nuclear fission, his many contributions to Einstein's theory of gravity (for instance, the black hole), his deep insights into quantum theory and measurement (the elementary quantum phenomenon), and his efforts to explain the origins of the quantum postulate and quantum gravity (the meaning circuit and the Wheeler-DeWitt Equation). The majority of the papers reflect and build on Professor Wheeler's revolutionary ideas. Many scientists are convinced that his insights into the foundation of modern-day physics will induce a profound change in our perception of the universe. This book will appeal to scientists and philosophers who wish to look at one man's rendering of the "e;big picture"e; through the eyes of his colleagues. The work is prefaced by a compilation of quotes from Professor Wheeler, edited by Kip S. Thorne and Wojciech Zurek. The contributors to Between Quantum and Cosmos are M. Alexander, A. Anderson, H. H. Barschall, J. D. Bekenstein, C. H. Bennett, P. G. Bergmann, V. B. Braginsky, D. R. Brill, L. Brown, I. Ciufolini, L. Cohen, M. Demianski, D. Deutsch, B. DeWitt, C. DeWitt-Morette, R. H. Dicke, B. d'Espagnat, R. P. Feynman, J. Geheniau, U. H. Gerlach, R. Geroch, J. Glimm, J. B. Hartle, F. W. Hehl, M. Henneaux, P. A. Hogan, S. Hojman, J. Isenberg, F. Ya. Khalili, A. Kheyfets, K. V. Kuchar, R. Landauer, S. G. Low, V. N. Lukash, B. Mashhoon, R. A. Matzner, J. D. McCrea, A. Mezzacappa, W. A. Miller, Y. Ne'eman, I. D. Novikov, A. Peres, I. Prigogine, I. Robinson, L. S. Schulman, M. O. Scully, D. H. Sharp, L. C. Shepley, A. Y. Shiekh, C. Teitelboim, E. Teller, K. S. Thorne, W. G. Unruh, R. M. Wald, L. Wilets, W. K. Wootters, J. W. York, Jr., and W. H. Zurek.Originally published in 1988.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.3.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Schlagworte: Action (physics) • astrophysics • Atomic Nucleus • Calculation • Chronology of the universe • circular polarization • classical electromagnetism • Classical physics • Compactification (physics) • Computation • Conjugate variables • Continuum Mechanics • cosmological constant • Cross section (physics) • Dimension • Effective mass (solid-state physics) • Einstein Field Equations • Einstein–Hilbert action • Einstein Manifold • elementary particle • Equation • Expectation value (quantum mechanics) • Fermion • Fock space • Foundations of Physics • four-dimensional space • Gauge Theory • General relativity • Gravitational constant • Gravitational Field • Gravitational Wave • Gravitoelectromagnetism • Gravity • Helicity (particle physics) • hypersurface • Interpretations of quantum mechanics • Lagrangian (field theory) • Measurement • Measurement in quantum mechanics • Minkowski space • Modern Physics • Naturalness (physics) • Neutrino • Neutrino decoupling • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance • Nucleon • Particle physics • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • Phase space • Photon • physical cosmology • Physical law • physicist • Physics • Probability • Propagator • Quantization (physics) • quantum • Quantum Chromodynamics • Quantum Cosmology • quantum dynamics • quantum field theory • Quantum fluctuation • Quantum Gravity • quantum mechanics • Quantum noise • Quantum nondemolition measurement • Quantum number • Quantum Optics • Quantum probability • quantum state • quantum system • quantum tunnelling • Recombination (cosmology) • Relativistic Quantum Mechanics • renormalization • Riemann surface • Rotation operator (quantum mechanics) • Scalar Field • Scalar (physics) • Scale factor (cosmology) • Special relativity • Spin–orbit interaction • Spin (physics) • Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking • Supergravity • superspace • Supersymmetry • tetrahedron • theoretical physics • theory • Theory of relativity • Timelike Infinity • Translation operator (quantum mechanics) • two-dimensional space • ultraviolet divergence • Unitarity (physics) • Variable (mathematics) • wave function • Yang–Mills Theory
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8697-X / 140088697X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8697-5 / 9781400886975