More Things in Heaven and Earth : A Celebration of Physics at the Millennium

The 20th Century Has Been The Century Of Physics,a Period Of Unparalleled Scientific Advances Fueled Primarily By Discoveries By Physicists. The 20th Century Also Represents The Life Span Of The American Physical Society, Not Coincidentally, And To Celebrate Both Its Own Centennial And This Remarkable Century, The Aps Has Prepared A Book Highlighting The Seminal Discoveries Of The 20th Century, With Invited Articles By The World's Most Eminent Living Physicists, Including 12 Physics Nobel Prize Winners. Included Will Be Chapters By R. Richardson On Superfludity, J. Lebowitz On Statistical Mechanics, P. Degennes On Granular Material, J. Hopfield On Neural Networks, C. Wieman On Matter Waves, A. Pais On High Energy Physics In The Early 20th Century . The Book Will Contain About 40 Chapters On A Broad Range Of Topics In Physics Written In An Engaging And Personal Style. While The Technical Level Is High, These Are Not Review Articles, But Rather Perspectives On Discoveries Written By Those Scientists Most Closely Assoicated With The Original Work As Well Future Directions Of Research. The Book Will Be Promoted To The Meeting Attendees In Advance Of The March Meeting, And Should Be Of Interest To The Broad Scientific Community. Ben Bederson, Professor Of Physics At Nyu, Was Editor In Chief Of The Aps Journals From 1986-1997. He Is Also Editor Of The Advances In Atomic Physics Series (academic Press). Edited By Benjamin Bederson. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Quantum Theory....Pages 3-11 Nuclear Physics....Pages 12-28 Theoretical Particle Physics....Pages 29-42 Elementary Particle Physics: The Origins....Pages 43-55 Astrophysics....Pages 56-68 A Century of Relativity....Pages 69-88 From Radar to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance....Pages 89-95 An Essay on Condensed Matter Physics in the Twentieth Century....Pages 96-128 A Short History of Atomic Physics in the Twentieth Century....Pages 129-140 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 Quantum Field Theory....Pages 143-160 The Standard Model of Particle Physics....Pages 161-187 String Theory, Supersymmetry, Unification, and All That....Pages 188-202 Accelerators and Detectors....Pages 203-222 Anomalous g Values of the Electron and Muon....Pages 223-233 Neutrino Physics....Pages 234-242 Front Matter....Pages 243-243 Cosmology at the Millennium....Pages 245-277 Cosmic Rays: The Most Energetic Particles in the Universe....Pages 278-290 Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation....Pages 291-301 Black Holes....Pages 302-312 Gravitational Radiation....Pages 313-328 Front Matter....Pages 243-243 Deciphering the Nature of Dark Matter....Pages 329-342 Front Matter....Pages 343-343 Nuclear Physics at the End of the Century....Pages 345-369 Stellar Nucleosynthesis....Pages 370-374 Front Matter....Pages 375-375 Atomic Physics....Pages 377-407 Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics....Pages 408-425 Atom Cooling, Trapping, and Quantum Manipulation....Pages 426-441 Laser Physics: Quantum Controversy in Action....Pages 442-459 Quantum Effects in One-Photon and Two-Photon Interference....Pages 460-473 From Nanosecond to Femtosecond Science....Pages 474-481 Experiment and the Foundations of Quantum Physics....Pages 482-498 Front Matter....Pages 499-499 The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect....Pages 501-514 Conductance Viewed as Transmission....Pages 515-525 Superconductivity....Pages 526-533 Superfluidity....Pages 534-542 In Touch with Atoms....Pages 543-554 Materials Physics....Pages 555-562 The Invention of the Transistor....Pages 563-578 Front Matter....Pages 579-579 Statistical Mechanics: A Selective Review of Two Central Issues....Pages 581-600 Scaling, Universality, and Renormalization: Three Pillars of Modern Critical Phenomena....Pages 601-616 Insights from Soft Condensed Matter....Pages 617-628 Front Matter....Pages 579-579 Granular Matter: A Tentative View....Pages 629-643 Fluid Turbulence....Pages 644-664 Pattern Formation in Nonequilibrium Physics....Pages 665-676 Front Matter....Pages 677-677 The Collisionless Nature of High-Temperature Plasmas....Pages 679-689 Front Matter....Pages 691-691 Chemical Physics: Molecular Clouds, Clusters, and Corrals....Pages 693-705 Biological Physics....Pages 706-725 Brain, Neural Networks, and Computation....Pages 726-738 Front Matter....Pages 739-739 Microscopic Simulations in Physics....Pages 741-751 Front Matter....Pages 753-753 Physics and Applications of Medical Imaging....Pages 755-766 Nuclear Fission Reactors....Pages 767-774 Nuclear Power—Fusion....Pages 775-780 Physics and U.S. National Security....Pages 781-797 Laser Technology....Pages 798-811 Physics and the Communications Industry....Pages 812-826 Back Matter....Pages 827-841 The 20th century has been the century of physics, a period of unparalleled scientific advances fueled primarily by discoveries by physicists. The 20th century also represents the life span of the American Physical Society, not coincidentally, and to celebrate both its own centennial and this remarkable century, the APS has prepared a book highlighting the seminal discoveries of the 20th century, with invited articles by the world's most eminent living physicists, including 12 physics Nobel Prize winners. Included will be chapters by R. Richardson on superfludity, J. Lebowitz on statistical mechanics, P. deGennes on granular material, J. Hopfield on neural networks, C. Wieman on matter waves, A. Pais on high energy physics in the early 20th century . The book will contain about 40 chapters on a broad range of topics in physics written in an engaging and personal style. While the technical level is high, these are not review articles, but rather perspectives on discoveries written by those scientists most closely assoicated with the original work as well future directions of research. The book will be promoted to the meeting attendees in advance of the March meeting, and should be of interest to the broad scientific community. Ben Bederson, professor of physics at NYU, was editor in chief of the APS journals from 1986-1997. He is also editor of the Advances in Atomic Physics Series (Academic Press) The 20th century has been the century of unparalleled scientific advances fuelled primarily by discoveries made by physicists. The century also represents the life span of the American Physical Society, not coincidentally, and to celebrate both its own centennial and this remarkable century, the APS has prepared this book highlighting the seminal discoveries of the 20th century, with invited articles by the world's most eminent living physicists, including 12 physics Nobel Prize winners. Some 40 chapters cover a broad range of topics in physics written in an engaging and personal style. While the technical level is high, these are not review articles, but rather perspectives on discoveries written by those scientists most closely associated with the original work, as well as future directions of research.