The New Physics for the twentyfirst century

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Pensum The New Physics for the Twenty-First
Century. Gordon Fraser, Ed ., Cambridge
University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81600-9
hardback. 2006, 556 pp. Anbefalt utfyllende,
lettfattelig lesning The New Quantum, Universe
T. Hey, P. Walters, 2003, Cambridge University
Press. ISBN 0 521 56457 3 (pbk). 2nd edition.
Anbefalt var pensum før Introduction to
Contemporary Physics Q. Ho-Kim, N. Kumar, C.S.
Lam, 2004, World Scientific. ISBN 981-238-303-4
(pbk). 2nd edition Concepts of Modern Physics
A. Beiser, 2003, McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-115096-X
. 6th edition Foreleserens notater Farid's
Lecturer notes
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• The most exciting developments in modern Physics
  
• Packed with illuminating full-colour
  illustrations
• Articles from 23 leading scientists, including
  several Nobel laureates

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Contents Introduction. Gordon Fraser Part I.
Matter and the Universe 1. Cosmology Wendy
Freedman and Rocky Kolb 2. Gravity Ronald
Adler 3. Astrophysics Arnon Dar 4. Particles
and the standard model Chris Quigg 5.
Superstrings Michael Green Part II. Quantum
Matter 6. Atoms and photons Claude
Cohen-Tannoudji and Jean Dalibard 7. The quantum
world of ultra-cold atoms Christopher Foot and
William Phillips 8. Superfluidity Henry Hall 9.
Quantum phase transitions Subir Sachdev Part
III. Quanta in Action 10. Quantum entanglement
Anton Zeilinger 11. Quanta, ciphers and computers
Artur Ekert 12. Small-scale structure and
nanoscience Yoseph Imry Part IV. Calculation
and Computation 13. Nonlinearity Henry
Abarbanel 14. Complexity Antonio Politi 15.
Collaborative physics, E-science and the grid
Tony Hey and Anne Trefethen Part V. Science in
Action 16. Biophysics Cyrus Safinya 17.
Medical physics Nicolaj Pavel 18. Physics and
materials Robert Cahn 19. Physics and society
Ugo Amaldi