Name: Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics Paperback: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures (in English)
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Author: Richard P. Feynman
ISBN: 9780521658621

portada Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics Paperback: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Steven Weinberg

Richard P. Feynman

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

1999

Language

English

Pages

122

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

18.3 x 12.6 x 0.9 cm

Weight

0.13 kg.

ISBN

0521658624

ISBN13

9780521658621

Edition No.

N/A

Synopsis "Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics Paperback: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures (in English)"

Developing a theory that seamlessly combines relativity and quantum mechanics, the most important conceptual breakthroughs in twentieth century physics, has proved to be a difficult and ongoing challenge. This book details how two distinguished physicists and Nobel laureates have explored this theme in two lectures given in Cambridge, England, in 1986 to commemorate the famous British physicist Paul Dirac. Given for nonspecialists and undergraduates, the talks transcribed in Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics focus on the fundamental problems of physics and the present state of our knowledge. Professor Feynman examines the nature of antiparticles, and in particular the relationship between quantum spin and statistics. Professor Weinberg speculates on how Einstein's theory of gravitation might be reconciled with quantum theory in the final law of physics. Highly accessible, deeply thought provoking, this book will appeal to all those interested in the development of modern physics.

Richard P. Feynman

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Feynman ha sido uno de los científicos más importantes en la historia de la física en el siglo XX. Fue un divulgador entusiasta de la física a través de libros y conferencias. Colaboró en el desarrollo de la bomba atómica durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y se hizo conocido para un amplio público en la década de 1980 como miembro de la Comisión Rogers, el grupo que investigó el desastre del transbordador espacial Challenger. Por sus contribuciones al desarrollo de la electrodinámica cuántica, Feynman, junto con Julian Schwinger y Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, recibió el Premio Nobel de Física en 1965.

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