Sie befinden Sich nicht im Netzwerk der Universität Paderborn. Der Zugriff auf elektronische Ressourcen ist gegebenenfalls nur via VPN oder Shibboleth (DFN-AAI) möglich. mehr Informationen...
The past century has seen fantastic advances in physics, from
the discovery of the electron, x-rays, and radioactivity, to the
era of incredible solid state devices, computers, quarks and
leptons, and the standard model. But what of the next? Many
scientists think we are on the threshold of an even more exciting
new era in which breakthroughs in a startling variety of directions
will produce significant changes in our understanding of the
natural world. In this book, a group of eminent scientists define
and elaborate on these new directions. Ed Witten and Frank Wilczek
discuss string theory and the future of particle physics; Donald
Perkins describes the search for neutrino oscillations; Alvin
Tollestrup reveals dreams of a muon collider at Fermilab to probe
the heart of "elementary" particles; and Robert Palmer anticipates
a new generation of particle accelerators. Thibault Damour reviews
classical gravitation and the relevant new high-precision
experiments; Kip Thorne describes the exciting future for
gravitational wave astronomy; and Paul Steinhardt examines the
recent breakthroughs in observational cosmology and explains what
future experiments might reveal. James Langer explores
nonequilibrium statistics and relates it to the origins of
complexity; Harry Swinney takes an experimentalist's view of the
emergence of order in seemingly chaotic systems; and John Hopfield
describes an extremely unusual dynamical system--the human brain.
Bruce Hillman, M. D., discusses the recent developments in imaging
techniques that have brought about outstanding advances in medical
diagnostics. T.V. Ramakrishnan looks at high-temperature
superconductors, which could eventually revolutionize the
solid-state technology on which society is already highly
dependent.