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Twentieth Century Physics, Second Edition is a major historical study of the scientific and cultural development of physics in the twentieth century. This unique three-volume work offers a scholarly but highly readable overview of the development of physics, addressing both the cultural and the scientific aspects of the discipline. The three volumes deal with the major themes of physics in a quasi-chronological manner. The first volume covers the early part of the century while the second and third volumes discuss more recent issues. In each case, the development of the theme is traced from its inception to the present day. The list of contributors includes Nobel laureates, fellows of the Royal Society, and other distinguished international physicists. Where appropriate, specialists in the history of physics have written their own commentaries, providing a valuable counterpoint to the physicists' perspectives.
Contents
VOLUME 1 Physics in 1900 B. Pippard Introducing Atoms and Their Nuclei A. Pais Quanta and Quantum Mechanics H. Rechenberg History of Relativity J. Stachel Nuclear Forces, Mesons and Isospin Symmetry L.M. Brown Solid State Structure Analysis W. Cochran Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (In Equilibrium) C. Domb Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics or the Vagaries of Time Evolution M. Dresden VOLUME 2 Elementary Particles Physics in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century V.L. Fitch and J. L. Rosner Fluid Mechanics J. Lighthill Superfluids and Superconductors A. J. Leggett Vibrations and Spin Waves in Crystals R.A. Cowley and B. Pippard Atomic and Molecular Physics U. Fano Magnetism K.W.H. Stevens Nuclear Dynamics D.M. Brink Units, Standards and Constants A. Bailey VOLUME 3 Electrons in Solids B. Pippard A History of Optical and Optoelectronic Physics in the Twentieth Century R.G.W. Brown and E.R. Pike Physics of Materials R.W. Cahn Electron-Beam Instruments T. Mulvey Soft Matter: Birth and Growth of Concepts P.G. de Gennes Plasma Physics in the Twentieth Century R.F. Post Astrophysics and Cosmology M.S. Longair Computer-Generated Physics M.J. Feigenbaum Medical Physics J.R. Mallard Geophysics S.G. Brush and C.S. Gillmor Reflections of Twentieth-Century Physics: Three Essays Historical Overview of the Twentieth Century in Physics P. Anderson Nature Itself S. Weinberg Some Reflections on Physics as a Social Institution J. Ziman
