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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anthony Leggett (Macarthur Professor and Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.20cm Weight: 0.332kg ISBN: 9780199211241ISBN 10: 0199211248 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 05 October 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback 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 Contents1: Setting the stage 2: What are things made of? 3: The universe: its structure and evolution 4: Physics on a human scale 5: Skeletons in the cupboard 6: OutlookReviews`Review from previous edition ... approachable to the non-scientist...excellent.' The Times Literary Supplement `The account of quantum mechanics is excellent. The description of the Higgs mechanism is one of the clearest I have come across.' Nature In The Problems of Physics, first published in 1987, Anthony Leggett presents an overview of the frontiers of physics at the time, aimed at the general reader. CERN Courier, Vol 47 No 6, July/August 2007 First published in 1987 this reissue remains topical as it focuses on problems faced by physicists, rather than answers they provide. For instance, observation of the Higgs boson would not be the end of the story. Nature Physics, Vol.2 November 2006. Author InformationA.J. Leggett Macarthur Professor and Professor of Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Anthony J.Leggett was born in London, England in March 1938.He attended Balliol College, Oxford where he majored in Literae Humaniores (classical languages and literature, philosophy and Greco-Roman history), and thereafter Merton College, Oxford where he took a second undergraduate degree in Physics. He completed a D.Phil.(Ph.D.) degree in theoretical physics under the supervision of D.ter Haar. After postdoctoral research in Urbana, Kyoto and elsewhere he joined the faculty of the University of Sussex (UK) in 1967, being promoted to Reader in 1971 and to Professor in 1978. In 1983 he became John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a position he currently holds. His principal research interests lie in the areas of condensed matter physics, particularly high-temperature superconductivity,and the foundations of quantum mechanics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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