Visions of Discovery

Herausgeber: Chiao, Raymond Y.; Leggett, Anthony J.; Cohen, Marvin L.

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Produktbeschreibung

World-leading researchers, including Nobel Laureates, explore the most basic questions of science, philosophy, and the nature of existence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 828
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1580g
• ISBN-13: 9780521882392
• ISBN-10: 0521882397
• Artikelnr.: 30363396

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Foreword Charles H. Townes; Editors' preface; Preface
Freeman J. Dyson; Laureates' preface: reflections from four physics
Nobelists Roy J. Glauber, John L. Hall, Theodore W. Hänsch and Wolfgang
Ketterle; Acknowledgments; Part I. Illumination: The History and Future of
Physical Science and Technology: 1. A short history of light in the Western
world John L. Heilbron; 2. Tools and innovation Peter L. Galison; 3. The
future of science Freeman J. Dyson; 4. The end of everything: will AI
replace humans? Will everything die when the universe freezes over? Michio
Kaku; Part II. Fundamental Physics and Quantum Mechanics: 5. Fundamental
constants Frank Wilczek; 6. New insights on time symmetry in quantum
mechanics Yakir Aharonov and Jeffrey Tollaksen; 7. The major unknowns in
particle physics and cosmology David J. Gross; 8. The major unknown in
quantum mechanics: Is it the whole truth? Anthony J. Leggett; 9. Precision
cosmology and the landscape Raphael Bousso; 10. Hairy black holes, phase
transitions, and AdS/CFT Steven S. Gubser; Part III. Astrophysics and
Astronomy: 11. The microwave background: a cosmic time machine Adrian T.
Lee; 12. Dark matter and dark energy Marc Kamionkowski; 13. New directions
and intersections for observational cosmology: the case of dark energy Saul
Perlmutter; 14. Inward bound: high-resolution astronomy and the quest for
black holes and extrasolar planets Reinhard Genzel; 15. Searching for
signatures of life beyond the solar system: astrophysical interferometry
and the 150 km Exo-Earth Imager Antoine Labeyrie; 16. New directions for
gravitational wave physics via 'Millikan oil drops' Raymond Y. Chiao; 17.
An 'ultrasonic' image of the embryonic universe: CMB polarization tests of
the inflationary paradigm Brian G. Keating; Part IV. New Approaches in
Technology and Science: 18. Visualizing complexity: development of 4D
microscopy and diffraction for imaging in space and time Ahmed H. Zewail;
19. Is life based on laws of physics? Steven Chu; 20. Quantum information
J. Ignacio Cirac; 21. Emergence in condensed matter physics Marvin L.
Cohen; 22. Achieving the highest spectral resolution over the widest
spectral bandwidth: precision measurement meets ultrafast science Jun Ye;
23. Wireless non-radiative energy transfer Marin Soljäi¿; Part V.
Consciousness and Free Will: 24. The big picture: exploring questions on
the boundaries of science - consciousness and free will George F. R. Ellis;
25. Quantum entanglement: from fundamental questions to quantum
communication and quantum computation and back Anton Zeilinger; 26.
Consciousness, body, and brain: the matter of the mind Gerald M. Edelman;
27. The relation between quantum mechanics and higher brain functions:
lessons from quantum computation and neurobiology Christof Koch and Klaus
Hepp; 28. Free will and the causal closure of physics Robert C. Bishop; 29.
Natural laws and the closure of physics Nancy L. Cartwright; 30.
Anti-Cartesianism and downward causation: reshaping the free-will debate
Nancey Murphy; 31. Can we understand free will? Charles H. Townes; Part VI.
Reflections on the Big Questions: Mind, Matter. Mathematics, and Ultimate
Reality: 32. The big picture: exploring questions on the boundaries of
science - mind, matter, mathematics George F. R. Ellis; 33. The
mathematical universe Max Tegmark; 34. Where do the laws of physics come
from? Paul C. W. Davies; 35. Science, energy, ethics, and civilization
Vaclav Smil; 36. Life of science, life of faith William T. Newsome; 37. The
science of light and the light of science: an appreciative theological
reflection on the life and work of Charles Hard Townes Robert J. Russell;
38. Two quibbles about 'ultimate' Gerald Gabrielse; Index.