Quantum Fluctuations

Edward Nelson

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Physics | nr. 16
• Stochastic mechanics is a description of quantum phenomena in classical probabilistic terms. This work contains a detailed account of the kinematics o... Lees meer

Surprises in Theoretical Physics

Rudolf Peierls

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Physics | nr. 10
• Problems in theoretical physics often lead to paradoxical answers; yet closer reasoning and a more complete analysis invariably lead to the resolution... Lees meer

Supersymmetry and Supergravity

Julius Wess, Jonathan A Bagger

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Physics | nr. 25
• This widely acclaimed introduction to N = 1 supersymmetry and supergravity is aimed at readers familiar with relativistic quantum field theory who wis... Lees meer

The Dawning of Gauge Theory

Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Physics | nr. 106
• During the course of this century, gauge invariance has slowly emerged from being an incidental symmetry of electromagnetism to being a fundamental ge... Lees meer

The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

Roland Omnès

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Physics | nr. 102
• The interpretation of quantum mechanics has been controversial since the introduction of quantum theory in the 1920s. Although the Copenhagen interpre... Lees meer

Master of Modern Physics

Dirk Ter Haar

• Hardcover | Engels | Princeton Physics | nr. 35
• The Dutch scientist Hendrik Kramers (1894-1952) was one of the greatest theoretical physicists of the twentieth century--and one of a mere handful who... Lees meer

Qed and the Men Who Made It

S S Schweber

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Physics | nr. 29
• In the 1930s, physics was in a crisis. There appeared to be no way to reconcile the new theory of quantum mechanics with Einstein's theory of relativi... Lees meer

More Is Different

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Physics | nr. 38
• This book presents articles written by leading experts surveying several major subfields in Condensed Matter Physics and related sciences. The article... Lees meer

Gravitation and Inertia

Ignazio Ciufolini, John Archibald Wheeler

• Hardcover | Engels | Princeton Physics | nr. 31
• Einstein's standard and battle-tested geometric theory of gravity--spacetime tells mass how to move and mass tells spacetime how to curve--is expounde... Lees meer

More Surprises in Theoretical Physics

Rudolf Peierls

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Physics | nr. 24
• Like its predecessor, this book by the renowned physicist Sir Rudolf Peierls draws from many diverse fields of theoretical physics to present problems... Lees meer

Critical Problems in Physics

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Physics | nr. 34
• The past century has seen fantastic advances in physics, from the discovery of the electron, x-rays, and radioactivity, to the era of incredible solid... Lees meer

The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe

P J E Peebles

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Physics | nr. 96
• From the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Opinions on the large-scale structure of the early universe range widely from primeval chaos to a well-ordered ... Lees meer