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The New physics / edited by Paul Davies - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c1989 - 516 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

The new physics : a synthesis / The renaissance of general relativity / The inflationary universe / The edge of spacetime / Quantum gravity / The new astrophysics / Condensed matter physics in less than three dimensions / Critical point phenomena : universal physics at large length scales / Low temperature physics, superconductivity and superfluidity / Quantum optics / Physics of far-from-equilibrium systems and self-organisation / What is chaos, that we should be mindful of it? / Conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics / The quark structure of matter / Grand unified theories / Effective quantum field theories / Gauge theories in particle physics / Overview of particle physics / Paul Davies -- Clifford Will -- Alan Guth and Paul Steinhardt -- Stephen Hawking -- Chris Isham -- Malcolm Longair -- David Thouless -- Alastair Bruce and David Wallace -- Anthony Leggett -- Peter Knight -- Gregoire Nicolis -- Joseph Ford -- Abner Shimony -- Frank Close -- Howard Georgi -- Howard Georgi -- John Taylor -- Abdus Salam

ISBN: 0521304202 9780521304207 0521438314 9780521438315

LCCN: 87024624

Nat. Bib. No.: GB8801032 bnb b8801032

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Physics
Physics

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Aufgabensammlung.
Einführung.

LC Class. No.: QC21.2 / .N49 1989

Dewey Class. No.: 530 THE

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 53 / N558 530

National Agricultural Library Call No.: QC21.2.N49

National Library of Medicine Call No.: QC 21.2 N532 1989