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1 online resource (xiv, 402 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Lecture notes in physics ; 746 |
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Lecture notes in physics ; 746
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| Contents |
Abstraction in Modern Science -- Yoshio Nishina, the Pioneer of Modern Physics in Japan -- Tomonaga Sin-Itiro : A Memorial -- Two Shakers of Physics -- The Discovery of the Parity Violation in Weak Interactions and Its Recent Developments -- Origins of Life -- The Computing Machines in the Future -- Niels Bohr and the Development of Concepts in Nuclear Physics -- From X-Ray to Electron Spectroscopy -- Theoretical Paradigms for the Sciences of Complexity -- Some Ideas on the Aesthetics of Science -- Particle Physics and Cosmology: New Aspects of an Old Relationship -- The Experimental Discovery of CP Violation -- The Nanometer Age: Challenge and Change -- From Rice to Snow -- SCIENCE--A Round Peg in a Square World -- Are We Really Made of Quarks? -- Very Elementary Particle Physics -- The Klein-Nishina Formula & Quantum Electrodynamics |
| Summary |
This volume is a collection of Nishina Memorial Lectures delivered by distinguished physicists during the past 50 years at the invitation of the Nishina Memorial Foundation. The Lectures commemorate Yoshio Nishina, the father of modern physics in Japan, well known for the Klein-Nishina formula. The collection includes a variety of topics chosen by W. Heisenberg, R. Kubo, J. Schwinger, C.S. Wu, F.J. Dyson, R.P. Feynman, B.R. Mottelson, K. Siegbahn, P.W. Anderson, L. Van Hove, J.W. Cronin, H. Rohrer, P. de Gennes, H. Kroto, J. Friedman, M.J.G. Veltman, and C.N. Yang. Now listen to W. Heisenberg' |
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fysica |
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physics |
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Physics (General) |
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Fysica (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Physics.
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Physics
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physics.
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Physique.
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Physics
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften
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Festschriften.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nishina, Yoshio, 1890-1951
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Nishina Memorial Foundation
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| ISBN |
9784431770565 |
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4431770569 |
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9784431770558 |
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4431770550 |
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6611133801 |
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9786611133801 |
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