Fundamental Theories of Physics

Perspectives from Leading Scientists of the 20th Century

By: B. G. Sidharth (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 April 2008

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Shortly after its inauguration in 1985 the Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad, India, started a series of lectures by Nobel Laureates and other scientists of international renown, usually in Physics and Astronomy, sometimes in Life Sciences and Chemistry.

The present collection mostly consists of lectures on frontier topics. The transcript of each lecture is preceded by a short biography of the Nobel Laureate/Scientist in question.

The lectures are aimed at, and accessible to a wide non-specialist but higher educated audience.

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"This work is a truly great collection of scientific accomplishments of the 20th century. These public lectures by internationally renowned scientists ... were given at the B. M. Birla Science Center in Hyderabad, India, between 1985 and 2000. The book is designed for the educated nonspecialist audience. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students and above." (F. Potter, Choice, Vol. 46 (3), November, 2008)

"This book presents either a summary or the full text of 15 lectures given by distinguished scientists as a part of the B. M. Birla Memorial Lecture and Distinguished Lecture program. ... aimed at a general audience of non-specialist scientists and mostly deal with astronomy and astrophysics." (Fernande Grandjean and Gary J. Long, Physicalia Magazine, Vol. 30 (4), 2008)

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Non-Fiction Science Physics Nuclear Physics Astronomy, Space & Time Quantum Physics & Quantum Mechanics & Quantum Field Theory History Regional & National History Asian History Science in General Philosophy of Science

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AstroParticle Physics
Science as an Adventure
The Early Universe
The Long-Term Future of Particle Accelerators
Energy and Evolution
The Wonders of Pulsars
Is the Future Given? Changes in our Description of Nature
Bubbles, Foams and other Fragile Objects
Beyond the Standard Model: Will it be the Theory of Everything?
Living Joyfully with Complexity in Chemistry and Culture
A Confrontation with Infnity
The Creative and Unpredictable Interaction of Science and Technology
The Link Between Neutrino Masses and Proton Decay in Supersymmetric Unification
The Nature of Discovery in Physics
Symmetry in the Micro World - A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner
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