More Surprises in Theoretical Physics (eBook)

Rudolf Peierls (Autor)

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2020
126 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21432-0 (ISBN)

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Like its predecessor, this book by the renowned physicist Sir Rudolf Peierls draws from many diverse fields of theoretical physics to present problems in which the answer differs from what our intuition had led us to expect. In some cases an apparently convincing approximation turns out to be misleading; in others a seemingly unmanageable problem turns out to have a simple answer. Peierls's intention, however, is not to treat theoretical physics as an unpredictable game in which such surprises happen at random. Instead he shows how in each case careful thought could have prepared us for the outcome. Peierls has chosen mainly problems from his own experience or that of his collaborators, often showing how classic problems can lend themselves to new insights. His book is aimed at both graduate students and their teachers. Praise for Surprises in Theoretical Physics: "e;A beautiful piece of stimulating scholarship and a delight to read. Physicists of all kinds will learn a great deal from it."e;--R. J. Blin-Stoyle, Contemporary Physics

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.6.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Physics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Physics
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Schlagworte: Abraham finding • Action (physics) • adiabatic theorem • Amplitude • Angular momentum • Approximation • Atomic Nucleus • Boltzmann equation • Bose–Einstein condensation (network theory) • Bose–Einstein statistics • Brillouin zone • Brillouin Zones • chemical potential • Classical physics • coefficient • complex number • Condensed Matter • Condensed matter physics • Coulomb's Law • Decaying States • Degeneracy (mathematics) • Density Matrix • Diamagnetism • Dimension • Effective mass (solid-state physics) • Eigenfunction • elastic collision • Electrical resistivity and conductivity • electromigration • Electronic band structure • electron mobility • Electron shell • Electrostatics • Equations of motion • Euler equation" • Expectation value (quantum mechanics) • Fermi–Dirac statistics • Fermi surface • Field Theory • Gauge Theory • Good quantum number • grand canonical ensemble • ground state • Harmonic oscillator • Hartree–Fock method • Hydrodynamics • Inelastic collision • Interpretations of quantum mechanics • Irreversible process • Ising Model • Isospin • Isospin of Nuclei • kinetic theory of gases • Lorentz covariance • Magnetic field • magnetic susceptibility • magnetization • magnetoresistance • Many-Body Problem • Mathematical Physics • microscopic theory • Mirror symmetry (string theory) • Molecule • Moment of Inertia • Neutron • non-equilibrium thermodynamics • nuclear physics • nuclear reaction • Nucleon • Particle number • Partition function (statistical mechanics) • Peierls Transition • perturbation theory • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • Phonon • Phonon Drag • Photon • physical cosmology • physicist • Physics • Pion • Poisson Bracket • Ponderomotive force • potential well • Probability • Projection method • Projection method (fluid dynamics) • Proportionality (mathematics) • Pseudomomentum • Quantity • quantum field theory • "quantum mechanics • quantum mechanics • Quantum number • quantum state • quantum system • quantum tunnelling • relaxation time • resonance • Riemann surface • Rotational States • scattering • scattering amplitude • Schrödinger equation • Shock waves • Spin (physics) • Statistical Mechanics • Statistical Physics • Stern–Gerlach experiment • Superconductivity • Symmetry operation • Temperature • theoretical physics • Thermodynamic Potential • Unitarity (physics) • Valence and conduction bands • wave function • Wave function collapse • Wave vector
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21432-8 / 0691214328
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21432-0 / 9780691214320