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A Mind Over Matter: Philip Anderson and the Physics of the Very Many by Zangwill
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- Book Title
- Mind over Matter : Philip Anderson and the Physics of the Very Many
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- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2021
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- Hardcover
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- English
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- Item Height
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- Science
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- General, Physics / General
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- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
019886910X
ISBN-13
9780198869108
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Book Title
Mind over Matter : Philip Anderson and the Physics of the Very Many
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
General, Physics / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.9 in
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"Zangwill's well-written and engaging A Mind Over Matter is an important book of interest not only to physicists but also to many historians and philosophers of science." -- Helge Kragh, Metascience, Zangwill has done an admirable job in capturing the character of Anderson, accurately depicting his flaws as well as his enormous strengths. Moreover, the book is very well written [...]. It should clearly be of great interest to anyone who has done research in the area of condensed matter physics, or has seriously studied that subject. But it should also be of interest to many others, including people with a broad interest in the history of science and theevolution of physics in the second half of the twentieth century., "A Mind Over Matter is an important book of interest not only to physicists but also to many historians and philosophers of science. Apart from providing a comprehensive review of Anderson's life and science." -- Helge Kragh, Metascience"A lucid biography of one of the great twentieth-century scientists, and also a skeleton-key for readers interested in the physics of complex systems." -- David Kordahl, 3 Quarks Daily"Zangwill's well-written and engaging A Mind Over Matter is an important book of interest not only to physicists but also to many historians and philosophers of science." -- Helge Kragh, Metascience, "A Mind Over Matter is an important book of interest not only to physicists but also to many historians and philosophers of science. Apart from providing a comprehensive review of Anderson's life and science." -- Helge Kragh, Metascience "A lucid biography of one of the great twentieth-century scientists, and also a skeleton-key for readers interested in the physics of complex systems." -- David Kordahl, 3 Quarks Daily "Zangwill's well-written and engaging A Mind Over Matter is an important book of interest not only to physicists but also to many historians and philosophers of science." -- Helge Kragh, Metascience, "A lucid biography of one of the great twentieth-century scientists, and also a skeleton-key for readers interested in the physics of complex systems." -- David Kordahl, 3 Quarks Daily "Zangwill's well-written and engaging A Mind Over Matter is an important book of interest not only to physicists but also to many historians and philosophers of science." -- Helge Kragh, Metascience
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
530.092
Table Of Content
Prologue1. Introduction2. Son of the Heartland3. Making Waves4. First Fruits5. A Solid Beginning6. Breaking Symmetry7. Disorderly Conduct8. Law in Disorder9. The Love of His Life10. The Cantabrigian11. Hidden Moments12. From Emergence to Complexity13. The Pope of Condensed Matter14. The Problem of a Lifetime15. Four Facts about Science16. ConclusionAcknowledgments
Synopsis
A Mind Over Matter is a biography of the Nobel-prize winner Philip W. Anderson, a person widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential physicists of the second half of the twentieth century. Anderson (1923-2020) was a theoretician who specialized in the physics of matter, including window glass and metals, magnets and semiconductors, liquid crystals and superconductors. More than any other single person, Anderson transformed the patchwork subject of solid-state physics into the deep, subtle, and coherent discipline known today as condensed matter physics. Among his many world-class research achievements, Anderson discovered an aspect of wave physics that had been missed by all previous scientists going back to Isaac Newton. He became a public figure when he testified before Congress to oppose its funding of an expensive project intended exclusively for particle physics research. Over the years, he published many articles designed to influence a broad audience about issues where science impacted public policy and culture. Anderson grew up in the American mid-west, was educated at Harvard, and rose to the pinnacle of his profession during the first decade of his thirty-five career as a theoretical physicist at Bell Telephone Laboratories. Almost uniquely, he spent many years working half-time as a professor at the University of Cambridge and at Princeton University. The outspoken Anderson enjoyed broad influence outside of physics when he helped develop and champion the concepts of emergence and complexity as organizing principles to help attack very difficult problems in technically challenging disciplines., A Mind Over Matter is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist, Philip W. Anderson. Anderson is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential physicists of the second half of the twentieth century. Unlike the physicists who appear on television or write popular books, Anderson studied the physics of the very many, i.e., the science of how vast numbers of atoms conspire together to create everything from liquid water to sparkling diamonds, and from semiconductors (essential for cell phones and computers) to superconductors (essential for MRI machines). More than any other single person, Anderson transformed the patchwork field of solid-state physics into the intellectually coherent discipline now called condensed matter physics. He developed important concepts that transcended physics, and influenced the scientifically literate public through his essays and articles. Book jacket., A Mind Over Matter is a biography of the Nobel-prize winner Philip W. Anderson, a person widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential physicists of the second half of the twentieth century.
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