Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture by Peter L. Galison (Editor), Gerald Holton (Editor), Silvan S. Schweber

More than fifty years after his death, Albert Einstein's vital engagement with the world continues to inspire others, spurring conversations, projects, and research, in the sciences as well as the humanities. Einstein for the 21st Century shows us why he remains a figure of fascination.
In this wide-ranging collection, eminent artists, historians, scientists, and social scientists describe Einstein's influence on their work, and consider his relevance for the future. Scientists discuss how Einstein's vision continues to motivate them, whether in their quest for a fundamental description of nature or in their investigations in chaos theory; art scholars and artists explore his ties to modern aesthetics; a music historian probes Einstein's musical tastes and relates them to his outlook in science; historians explore the interconnections between Einstein's politics, physics, and philosophy; and other contributors examine his impact on the innovations of our time. Uniquely cross-disciplinary, Einstein for the 21st Century serves as a testament to his legacy and speaks to everyone with an interest in his work.
The contributors are Leon Botstein, Lorraine Daston, E. L. Doctorow, Yehuda Elkana, Yaron Ezrahi, Michael L. Friedman, Jürg Fröhlich, Peter L. Galison, David Gross, Hanoch Gutfreund, Linda D. Henderson, Dudley Herschbach, Gerald Holton, Caroline Jones, Susan Neiman, Lisa Randall, Jürgen Renn, Matthew Ritchie, Silvan S. Schweber, and A. Douglas Stone.

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Quantum Theory: Concepts and Methods (Fundamental Theories of Physics) by Asher Peres

This book will be useful to anyone who wants to understand the use of quantum theory for the description of physical processes. It is a graduate level text, ideal for independent study, and includes numerous figures, exercises, bibliographical references, and even some computer programs.
The first chapters introduce formal tools: the mathematics are precise, but not excessively abstract. The physical interpretation too is rigorous. It makes no use of the uncertainty principle of other ill-defined notions. The central part of the book is devoted to Bell's theorem and to the Kochen-Specker theorem. It is here that quantum phenomena depart most radically from classical physics. There has recently been considerable progress on these issues, and the latest developments have been included. The final chapters discuss further topics of current research: spacetime symmetries, quantum thermodynamics and information theory, semiclassical methods, irreversibility, quantum chaos, and especially the measuring process. In particular, it is shown how modern techniques allow the extraction of more information from a physical system than traditional measurement methods.
For physicists, mathematicians and philosophers of science with an interest in the applications and foundations of quantum theory. The volume is suitable as a supplementary graduate textbook.

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An Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology by Jerzy Plebanski, Andrzej Krasinski

General relativity is a cornerstone of modern physics, and is of major importance in its applications to cosmology. Plebanski and Krasinski are experts in the field and provide a thorough introduction to general relativity, guiding the reader through complete derivations of the most important results. Providing coverage from a unique viewpoint, geometrical, physical and astrophysical properties of inhomogeneous cosmological models are all systematically and clearly presented, allowing the reader to follow and verify all derivations. Many topics are included that are not found in other textbooks.

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Gravitation (Physics Series) by Charles W. Misner , Kip S. Thorne , John Archibald Wheeler

This landmark text offers a rigorous full-year graduate level course on gravitation physics, teaching students to:
• Grasp the laws of physics in flat spacetime
• Predict orders of magnitude
• Calculate using the principal tools of modern geometry
• Predict all levels of precision
• Understand Einstein's geometric framework for physics
• Explore applications, including pulsars and neutron stars, cosmology, the Schwarzschild geometry and gravitational collapse, and gravitational waves
• Probe experimental tests of Einstein's theory
• Tackle advanced topics such as superspace and quantum geometrodynamics

The book offers a unique, alternating two-track  pathway through the subject:
• In many chapters, material focusing on basic physical ideas is designated as
Track 1. These sections together make an appropriate one-term advanced/graduate level course (mathematical prerequisites: vector analysis and simple partial-differential equations). The book is printed to make it easy for readers to identify these sections.
• The remaining Track 2 material provides a wealth of advanced topics instructors can draw from to flesh out a two-term course, with Track 1 sections serving as prerequisites.

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Modern Differential Geometry For Physicists Second Edition by Chris J.Isham

These lecture notes are the content of an introductory course on modern, co-ordinate-free differential geometry which is taken by first-year theoretical physics PhD students, or by students attending the one-year MSc course, "Fundamental Fields and Forces" at Imperial College. The book is concerned entirely with mathematics proper, although the emphasis and detailed topics have been chosen bearing in mind the way in which differential geometry is applied to modern theoretical physics. This includes not only the traditional area of general relativity but also the theory of Yang-Mills fields, nonlinear sigma models and other types of nonlinear field systems that feature in modern quantum field theory. This edition of the text contains an additional chapter that introduces some of the basic ideas of general topology needed in differential geometry. A number of small corrections and additions have also been made. The volume is divided into four parts. The first provides an introduction to general topology, the second covers introductory co-ordinate-free differential geometry, the third examines geometrical aspects of the theory of Lie groups and Lie group actions on manifolds, and the fourth provides an introduction to the theory of fibre bundles. In the introduction to differential geometry the author lays considerable stress on the basic ideas of "tangent space structure", which he develops from several different points of view - some geometrical, others more algebraic.

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Feynman Diagram Techniques in Condensed Matter Physics by Radi A. Jishi

A concise introduction to Feynman diagram techniques, this book shows how they can be applied to the analysis of complex many-particle systems, and offers a review of the essential elements of quantum mechanics, solid state physics and statistical mechanics. Alongside a detailed account of the method of second quantization, the book covers topics such as Green's and correlation functions, diagrammatic techniques, and superconductivity, and contains several case studies. Some background knowledge in quantum mechanics, solid state physics and mathematical methods of physics is assumed. Detailed derivations of formulas and in-depth examples and chapter exercises from various areas of condensed matter physics make this a valuable resource for both researchers and advanced undergraduate students in condensed-matter theory, many-body physics and electrical engineering. Solutions to exercises are made available online.

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• Solutions to problems of the first five chapters in this book:

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1000 Solved Problems in Classical Physics An Exercise Book by Ahmad A. Kamal

This book basically caters to the needs of undergraduates and graduates physics students in the area of classical physics, specially Classical Mechanics and Electricity and Electromagnetism. Lecturers/ Tutors may use it as a resource book. The contents of the book are based on the syllabi currently used in the undergraduate courses in USA, U.K., and other countries. The book is divided into 15 chapters, each chapter beginning with a brief but adequate summary and necessary formulas and Line diagrams followed by a variety of typical problems useful for assignments and exams. Detailed solutions are provided at the end of each chapter.

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1000 Solved Problems in Modern Physics by Ahmad A. Kamal

This book basically caters to the needs of undergraduates and graduates physics students in the area of modern physics, specially particle and nuclear physics. Lecturers/tutors may use it as a resource book. The contents of the book are based on the syllabi currently used in the undergraduate courses in USA, U.K., and other countries. The book is divided into 10 chapters, each chapter beginning with a brief but adequate summary and necessary formulas, tables and line diagrams followed by a variety of typical problems useful for assignments and exams. Detailed solutions are provided at the end of each chapter.

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Halliday’s Fundamentals of Physics 10th edition by J.Walker

The 10th edition of Halliday’s Fundamentals of Physics building upon previous issues by offering several new features and additions. Examples include a new print component will revised to conform to the Version 5 design  chapter sections organized and numbered to match the Concept Modules  Learning Objectives have been added  illustrations changed to reflect (and advertise) multimedia versions available in WileyPLUS  and new problems provide a means of assigning the multimedia assets.

 The new edition offers most accurate, extensive and varied set of assessment questions of any course management program in addition to all questions including some form of question assistance – including answer specific feedback – to facilitate success. The text also offers multimedia presentations (videos and animations) of much of the material that provide an alternative pathway through the material for those who struggle with reading scientific exposition. Furthermore, the book includes math review content in both a self-study module for more in-depth review and also in just-in-time math videos for a quick refresher on a specific topic.

 The Halliday content is widely accepted as clear, correct, and complete. The end-of-chapters problems are without peer. The new design, which was introduced in 9e continues with 10e, making this new edition of Halliday the most accessible and reader-friendly book on the market.

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Le grand roman de la physique quantique (Max Planck.Albert Einstein.Niels Bohr.Werner Heisenberg.Erwin Schrodinger.Paul Dirac)

Du 24 au 29 octobre 1927 se tint à Bruxelles le cinquième congrès Solvay sur le thème « Electrons et photons ». il résume la période la plus spectaculaire de l’histoire de la physique. Avec la présence de dix-sept titulaires ou futurs lauréats du Prix Nobel sur les vingt-neuf participants, ce congrès fut l’une des plus remarquables rencontres de cerveaux qui se soient jamais tenues. Il marquera aussi la fin d’une ère de créativité en physique comparable à la révolution scientifique du XVIIe menée par Galilée et Newton.
Manjit Kuman fait revivre sous nos yeux les différentes confrontations de cette époque où la découverte de la double nature de la lumière et du rayonnement ébranla toute la communauté scientifique. Même si dès 1905, Einstein, avait déjà une idée de ce que pouvait être la mécanique quantique, il ne pouvait imaginer le chemin particulièrement nouveau qu’emprunterait Niles Bohr. Derrière les théories les plus abstraites, Kumar nous décrit l’affrontement des hommes qui, malgré leur intelligence hors norme, peuvent se comporter avec une extrême violence pour défendre leur conviction. Planck, de Broglie, Pauli, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, Dirac… Quelles visions de la réalité avaient-ils ? Certains partageaient l’esprit d’école de Copenhague et considéraient que le réalité dépendait des conditions expérimentales suivies. D’autres estimaient que « Dieu » ne jouait pas aux dés et que le fameux chat de Schrödinger était soit bien mort soit bien vivant !
Aujourd’hui encore la question n’est toujours pas réglée. C’est ce que nous raconte brillamment le livre de Manjit Kuman.

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