More Things in Heaven and Earth

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Historic Perspectives-Personal Essays on Historic Developments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Quantum Theory

      • Hans A. Bethe

      Pages 3-11

   3. Nuclear Physics

      • Hans A. Bethe

      Pages 12-28

   4. Theoretical Particle Physics

      • A. Pais

      Pages 29-42

   5. Elementary Particle Physics: The Origins

      • Val L. Fitch

      Pages 43-55

   6. Astrophysics

      • George Field

      Pages 56-68

   7. A Century of Relativity

      • Irwin I. Shapiro

      Pages 69-88

   8. From Radar to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

      • Robert V. Pound

      Pages 89-95

   9. An Essay on Condensed Matter Physics in the Twentieth Century

      • W. Kohn

      Pages 96-128

   10. A Short History of Atomic Physics in the Twentieth Century

       • Daniel Kleppner

       Pages 129-140

3. Particle Physics and Related Topics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Quantum Field Theory

      • Frank Wilczek

      Pages 143-160

   3. The Standard Model of Particle Physics

      • Mary K. Gaillard, Paul D. Grannis, Frank J. Sciulli

      Pages 161-187

   4. String Theory, Supersymmetry, Unification, and All That

      • John H. Schwarz, Nathan Seiberg

      Pages 188-202

   5. Accelerators and Detectors

      • W. K. H. Panofsky, M. Breidenbach

      Pages 203-222

   6. Anomalous g Values of the Electron and Muon

      • V. W. Hughes, T. Kinoshita

      Pages 223-233

   7. Neutrino Physics

      • L. Wolfenstein

      Pages 234-242

4. Astrophysics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243

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   2. Cosmology at the Millennium

      • Michael S. Turner, J. Anthony Tyson

      Pages 245-277

The 20th century has been the century of physics,a period of unparalleled scientific advances fueled primarily by discoveries by physicists. The 20th century also represents the life span of the American Physical Society, not coincidentally, and to celebrate both its own centennial and this remarkable century, the APS has prepared a book highlighting the seminal discoveries of the 20th century, with invited articles by the world's most eminent living physicists, including 12 physics Nobel Prize winners. Included will be chapters by R. Richardson on superfludity, J. Lebowitz on statistical mechanics, P. deGennes on granular material, J. Hopfield on neural networks, C. Wieman on matter waves, A. Pais on high energy physics in the early 20th century . The book will contain about 40 chapters on a broad range of topics in physics written in an engaging and personal style. While the technical level is high, these are not review articles, but rather perspectives on discoveries written by those scientists most closely assoicated with the original work as well future directions of research. The book will be promoted to the meeting attendees in advance of the March meeting, and should be of interest to the broad scientific community. Ben Bederson, professor of physics at NYU, was editor in chief of the APS journals from 1986-1997. He is also editor of the Advances in Atomic Physics Series (Academic Press).

• astrophysics
• atomic physics
• cosmic microwave background
• cosmology
• earth
• energy
• gravitation
• high energy physics
• mechanics
• neural networks
• physics
• society
• statistical mechanics
• universe

• Department of Physics, New York University, New York, USA

  Benjamin Bederson

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