The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner

Part A: The Scientific Papers
Erscheinungsjahr 1993
ISBN: 978-3-540-56560-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, 719 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 1310 g

Reihe: The Collected Works

Eugene Wigner is one of the few giants of 20th-century physics. His early work helped to shape quantum mechanics, he laid the foundations of nuclear physics and nuclear engineering, and he contributed significantly to solid-state physics. His philosophical and political writings are widely known. All his works will be reprinted in Eugene Paul Wigner's Collected Workstogether with descriptive annotations by outstanding scientists. The present volume begins with a short biographical sketch followed by Wigner's papers on group theory, an extremely powerful tool he created for theoretical quantum physics. They are presented in two parts. The first, annotated by B. Judd, covers applications to atomic and molecular spectra, term structure, time reversal and spin. In the second, G. Mackey introduces to the reader the mathematical papers, many of which are outstanding contributions to the theory of unitary representations of groups, including the famous paper on the Lorentz group.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Judd, B.R.

Mehra, J.

Mackey, G.W.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Atom- und Molekülphysik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik