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OverviewJulian Schwinger was one of the leading theoretical physicists of the twentieth century. His contributions are as important, and as pervasive, as those of Richard Feynman, with whom (and with Sin-itiro Tomonaga) he shared the 1965 Nobel Prize for Physics. Yet, while Feynman is universally recognized as a cultural icon, Schwinger is little known even to many within the physics community. In his youth, Julian Schwinger was a nuclear physicist, turning to classical electrodynamics after World War II. In the years after the war, he was the first to renormalize quantum electrodynamics. Subsequently, he presented the most complete formulation of quantum field theory and laid the foundations for the electroweak synthesis of Glashow, Weinberg, and Salam, and he made fundamental contributions to the theory of nuclear magnetic resonance, to many-body theory, and to quantum optics. He developed a unique approach to quantum mechanics, measurement algebra, and a general quantum action principle. His discoveries include 'Feynman's' parameters and 'Glauber's' coherent states; in later years he also developed an alternative to operator field theory which he called Source Theory, reflecting his profound phenomenological bent. His late work on the Thomas-Fermi model of atoms and on the Casimir effect continues to be an inspiration to a new generation of physicists. This biography describes the many strands of his research life, while tracing the personal life of this private and gentle genius. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jagdish Mehra , Kimball Milton (, Department of Physics, University of Oklahoma)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 1.371kg ISBN: 9780198506584ISBN 10: 0198506589 Pages: 704 Publication Date: 22 June 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface 1: A New York City Childhood 2: Julian Schwinger at Columbia University 3: Schwinger Goes to Berkeley 4: During the Second World War 5: Winding up at the Radiation Lab, Going to Harvard, and Marriage 6: The Development of Quantum Electrodynamics Until 1947: The Historical Background of Julian Schwinger's Work on QED 7: Quantum Electrodynamics and Julian Schwinger's Path to Fame 8: Schwinger, Tomonaga, Feymann, and Dyson: The Triumph of Renormalization 9: Green's Functions and the Dynamical Action Principle 10: The World According to Stern and Gerlach 11: Custodian of Quantum Field Theory 12: Electroweak Unification and Foreshadowing of the Standard Model 13: The Nobel Prize and the Last Years at Harvard 14: Move to UCLA and Continuing Concerns 15: Taking the Road Less Travelled By 16: Diversions of a Gentle Genius Appendix A: Julian Schwinger - List of Publications Appendix B: Ph.D. Students of Julian Schwinger IndexReviewsJulian Schwinger deserves to be remembered as a great scientist for his many brilliant scientific achievements. We are very lucky to have this authentic portrait of Schwinger by Jagdish Mehra (with Kimball A. Milton), to balance Mehra's biography of Feynman [The Beat of a Different Drum, Oxford, 1994]; in it we see Schwinger as he was, a many-sided genius a human being with very great gifts. --Freeman J. Dyson, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey<br> Climbing the Mountain is far more than Julian Schwinger's scientific biography. It reconstructs his times and the evolution of his thoughts, tells of his interactions with students and colleagues, and shows the enormous impact he has had on the substance, practice, and practitioners of modern physics. Every reader will concur with the sentiment of his widow: 'The world that knew him will never be the same.' --Sheldon L. Glashow, Harvard University<br> This magnificent book brilliantly recounts Schwinger's ascent up the mountain of quantum electrodynamics, and his previous and subsequent scientific career which, to a remarkable degree, defined theoretical physics for decades. Not only does this beautiful book treat Schwinger's scientific biography, but all the various aspects of his gifted life and glorious career; it is a definitive account of Julian Schwinger's life and work. --Willis E. Lamb, Jr., University of Arizona<br> Julian Schwinger deserves to be remembered as a great scientist for his many brilliant scientific achievements. We are very lucky to have this authentic portrait of Schwinger by Jagdish Mehra (with Kimball A. Milton), to balance Mehra's biography of Feynman [The Beat of a Different Drum, Oxford, 1994]; in it we see Schwinger as he was, a many-sided genius a human being with very great gifts. --Freeman J. Dyson, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey Climbing the Mountain is far more than Julian Schwinger's scientific biography. It reconstructs his times and the evolution of his thoughts, tells of his interactions with students and colleagues, and shows the enormous impact he has had on the substance, practice, and practitioners of modern physics. Every reader will concur with the sentiment of his widow: 'The world that knew him will never be the same.' --Sheldon L. Glashow, Harvard University This magnificent book brilliantly recounts Schwinger's ascent up the mountain of quantum electrodynamics, and his previous and subsequent scientific career which, to a remarkable degree, defined theoretical physics for decades. Not only does this beautiful book treat Schwinger's scientific biography, but all the various aspects of his gifted life and glorious career; it is a definitive account of Julian Schwinger's life and work. --Willis E. Lamb, Jr., University of Arizona Author InformationJagdish Mehra is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Houston, Texas, and recently served as the UNESCO-Sir Julian Huxley Distinguished Professor of Physics and the History of Science with UNESCO in Paris and Trieste. He is the author of The Beat of a Different Drum: A Scientific Biography of Richard Feynman. Kimball Milton is Professor of Physics at the University of Oklahoma. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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