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New Physics for the 21st Century Edited by Gordon Fraser * Introduction - Editor Section 1 - Matter and the Universe 1 Cosmology - Wendy Freedman, Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, and Rocky Kolb, Chicago/Fermilab 2 Gravity - Ronald Adler, Stanford 3 Astrophysics - Arnon Dar, Technion Haifa 4 Particles and the Standard Model - Chris Quigg, Fermilab 5 Superstrings - Michael Green, Cambridge Section 2 - Quantum Matter 6 Atoms and Photons - Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and Jean Dalibard, ENS Paris. 7 The Quantum World of Ultra-Cold Atoms - Christopher Foot, Oxford, and William Phillips, NIST. 8 Superfluidity - Henry Hall, Manchester 9 Quantum Phase Transitions - Subir Sachdev, Yale Section 3 - Quanta in Action 10 Quantum Entanglement - Anton Zeilinger, Vienna. 11 Quanta, Ciphers and Computers - Artur Ekert, Cambridge and Singapore. 12 Small-Scale Structure and Nanoscience - Yoseph Imry, Weizmann Institute Section 4 - Calculation and Computation 13 Nonlinearity - Henry Abarbanel, UC San Diego 14 Complexity - Antonio Politi, Florence 15 Collaborative Physics, e-science and the Grid - Tony Hey and Anne Trefethen, Southampton Section 5 - Science in Action 16 Biophysics - Cyrus Safinya, UC Santa Barbara 17 Medical Physics - Nicolaj Pavel, Humboldt, Berlin 18 Physics of Materials - Robert Cahn, Cambridge 19 Physics and Society - Ugo Amaldi, Milan-Bicocca and TERA Foundation
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Physics -- History -- 20th century.
Physics -- History -- 21st century.
Quantum theory.