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QED and the men who made it : Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga, Silvan S. Schweber
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- Summary
- "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. In the post-World War II period, four eminent physicists rose to the challenge and developed a calculable version of quantum electrodynamics (QED). 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. Schweber begins with an account of the early work done by physicists such as Dirac and Jordan, and describes the gathering of eminent theorists at Shelter Island in 1947. The rest of his narrative comprises individual biographies of the four physicists, discussions of their major contributions, and the story of the scientific community in which they worked"--Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxviii, 732 pages
- Contents
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- The birth of quantum field theory
- The 1930s
- The war and its aftermath
- Three conferences: Shelter Island, Pocono, and Oldstone
- The lamb shift and the magnetic moment of the electron
- Tomonaga and the rebuilding of Japanese physics
- Julian Schwinger and the formalization of quantum field theory
- Richard Feynman and the visualization of space-time process
- Freeman Dyson and the structure of quantum field theory
- QED Switzerland
- Isbn
- 9780691036854
- Label
- QED and the men who made it : Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga
- Title
- QED and the men who made it
- Title remainder
- Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga
- Statement of responsibility
- Silvan S. Schweber
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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. In the post-World War II period, four eminent physicists rose to the challenge and developed a calculable version of quantum electrodynamics (QED). 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. Schweber begins with an account of the early work done by physicists such as Dirac and Jordan, and describes the gathering of eminent theorists at Shelter Island in 1947. The rest of his narrative comprises individual biographies of the four physicists, discussions of their major contributions, and the story of the scientific community in which they worked"--Publisher's description
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Schweber, S. S.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Princeton series in physics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Quantum electrodynamics
- Physicists
- Label
- QED and the men who made it : Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga, Silvan S. Schweber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [672]-723) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The birth of quantum field theory -- The 1930s -- The war and its aftermath -- Three conferences: Shelter Island, Pocono, and Oldstone -- The lamb shift and the magnetic moment of the electron -- Tomonaga and the rebuilding of Japanese physics -- Julian Schwinger and the formalization of quantum field theory -- Richard Feynman and the visualization of space-time process -- Freeman Dyson and the structure of quantum field theory -- QED Switzerland
- Control code
- 28966591
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxviii, 732 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691036854
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1605932
- Label
- QED and the men who made it : Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga, Silvan S. Schweber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [672]-723) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The birth of quantum field theory -- The 1930s -- The war and its aftermath -- Three conferences: Shelter Island, Pocono, and Oldstone -- The lamb shift and the magnetic moment of the electron -- Tomonaga and the rebuilding of Japanese physics -- Julian Schwinger and the formalization of quantum field theory -- Richard Feynman and the visualization of space-time process -- Freeman Dyson and the structure of quantum field theory -- QED Switzerland
- Control code
- 28966591
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxviii, 732 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691036854
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1605932
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