Julian Schwinger (1918-1994) was one of the giants of 20th-century science. He contributed to a broad range of topics in theoretical physics, from classical electrodynamics to quantum mechanics, from nuclear physics through quantum electrodynamics to the general theory of quantum fields. Although his mathematical prowess was legendary, he was fundamentally a phenomenologist. He received many awards, including the first Einstein Prize in 1951 and the Nobel Prize in 1965, which he shared with Richard Feynman and Sin-itiro Tomonaga for the self-consistent formulation of quantum electrodynamics into a practical theory. This volume includes many of Schwinger's most important papers, on the above and other topics, such as the theory of angular momentum and the theory of many-body systems. The papers collected here continue to underlie much of the work done by theoretical physicists today.
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Schwinger's work was independent, brillant and often very original. -- Mathematical Reviews, 2003
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By the end of his short stay at the City College, Julian Schwinger had learned and well understood most of the current attempts to expand the scope of quantum mechanics to field theory. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mesotron field, integral spin field, quantum dynamical principle, extended photon source, complex conjugate algebra, retarded description, transmission cross section, field operator products, charge quantization condition, infinite plane screen, statistical atom, quantum action principle, vacuum state vector, stationary action principle, point source limit, scaling deviations, vacuum persistence amplitude, imaginary matrices, primitive interaction, singularity line, gauge formulation, lagrange function, unsymmetric case, spin coherence, measurement algebra Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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mesotron field, integral spin field, quantum dynamical principle, extended photon source, complex conjugate algebra, retarded description, transmission cross section, field operator products, charge quantization condition, infinite plane screen, statistical atom, quantum action principle, vacuum state vector, stationary action principle, point source limit, scaling deviations, vacuum persistence amplitude, imaginary matrices, primitive interaction, singularity line, gauge formulation, lagrange function, unsymmetric case, spin coherence, measurement algebra Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Physical Review, New York, Los Angeles, University of California, Harvard University, Academic Press, National Academy of Sciences, Annals of Physics, Department of Physics, Euclidean-type Green, Soviet Phys, Department of Special Collections, Jagdish Mehra, Research Library, Lord Rayleigh, Columbia University, Walter Dittrich, Cambridge University Press, Harold Levine, Mathematical Physics, World Scientific, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Bel Air, Berthold-Georg Englert, Kluwer Academic Publishers New!
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- Particles, Sources, And Fields, Volume 3 (Advanced Books Classics) by Julian Schwinger on 10 pages
- The Casimir Effect by Kimball A. Milton on 6 pages
- Quantum Electrodynamics (Advanced Books Classics) by Richard P. Feynman on 5 pages
- Gauge Theories and Modern Field Theory by Richard Arnowit on page 594, and Back Matter
- Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, Second Edition: Volume 8 (Course of Theoretical Physics) by L D Landau on page 674, and page 698
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