More Surprises in Theoretical Physics / / Rudolf Peierls.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Peierls, Rudolf,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Series in Physics ; 105
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (126 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. General Quantum Mechanics --; 2. Condensed Matter --; 3. Statistical Mechanics --; 4. Transport Problems --; 5. Nuclear Physics --; 6. Field Theory --; 7. Hydrodynamics --; References
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691214320; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691214320?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Rudolf Peierls.

Like its predecessor, this book by the renowned physicist Sir Rudolf Peierls draws from many diverse fields of theoretical physics to present problems in which the answer differs from what our intuition had led us to expect. In some cases an apparently convincing approximation turns out to be misleading; in others a seemingly unmanageable problem turns out to have a simple answer. Peierls's intention, however, is not to treat theoretical physics as an unpredictable game in which such surprises happen at random. Instead he shows how in each case careful thought could have prepared us for the outcome. Peierls has chosen mainly problems from his own experience or that of his collaborators, often showing how classic problems can lend themselves to new insights. His book is aimed at both graduate students and their teachers. Praise for Surprises in Theoretical Physics: "A beautiful piece of stimulating scholarship and a delight to read. Physicists of all kinds will learn a great deal from it."--R. J. Blin-Stoyle, Contemporary Physics