Visions of Discovery: New Light on Physics, Cosmology, and Consciousness - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521882397 ISBN 13: 9780521882392

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

World-leading researchers, including Nobel Laureates, explore the most basic questions of science, philosophy, and the nature of existence.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Raymond Y. Chiao is Professor of Physics in the Schools of Natural Sciences and Engineering at the University of California, Merced, where he is pursuing a new line of groundbreaking research on gravitational radiation.

Marvin L. Cohen is University Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Senior Faculty Scientist in the Materials Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His principal research interests lie in theoretical condensed matter physics. Among his numerous awards and honors, Professor Cohen received the 2001 National Medal of Science.

Anthony J. Leggett is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Physics and the Center for Advanced Study Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His principal research interests lie in condensed matter physics and the foundations of quantum mechanics. Among his numerous awards and honors, Professor Leggett shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics.

William D. Phillips is a physicist at the Joint Quantum Institute, a cooperative venture of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland. He is the Leader of NIST's Laser Cooling and Trapping Group in the Atomic Physics Division. Among his numerous awards and honors, Professor Phillips shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Charles L. Harper, Jr. is the former Senior Vice President of the John Templeton Foundation in Philadelphia. He is currently President of Vision-Five, a philanthropic consulting firm, also in Philadelphia.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521882397
• ISBN 13: 9780521882392
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 826
• Redattore: Chiao Raymond Y., Cohen Marvin L., Leggett Anthony J., Phillips William D., Harper Jr. Charles L.
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