QED and the Men Who Made It: Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and TomonagaPrinceton University Press, 2020 M05 5 - 768 páginas In the 1930s, physics was in a crisis. There appeared to be no way to reconcile the new theory of quantum mechanics with Einstein's theory of relativity. Several approaches had been tried and had failed. In the post-World War II period, four eminent physicists rose to the challenge and developed a calculable version of quantum electrodynamics (QED), probably the most successful theory in physics. This formulation of QED was pioneered by Freeman Dyson, Richard Feynman, Julian Schwinger, and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, three of whom won the Nobel Prize for their work. In this book, physicist and historian Silvan Schweber tells the story of these four physicists, blending discussions of their scientific work with fascinating biographical sketches. |
Contenido
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2 The 1930s | 76 |
3 The War and Its Aftermath | 130 |
Shelter Island Pocono and Oldstone | 156 |
5 The Lamb Shift and the Magnetic Moment of the Electron | 206 |
6 Tomonaga and the Rebuilding of Japanese Physics | 248 |
7 Julian Schwinger and the Formalization of Quantum Field Theory | 273 |
8 Richard Feynman and the Visualization of Spacelime Processes | 373 |
9 Freeman Dyson and the Structure of Quantum Field Theory | 474 |
10 QED in Switzerland | 576 |
Some Reflections on Renormalization Theory | 595 |
Notes and Abbreviations | 606 |
Bibliography | 672 |
725 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
QED and the Men who Made it: Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga Silvan S. Schweber Vista previa limitada - 1994 |
QED and the Men who Made it: Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga Silvan S. Schweber Vista previa limitada - 1994 |