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Selected papers (1945-1980), with commentary / Chen Ning Yang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yang, Chen Ning, 1922-2025.
- Series:
- World Scientific series in 20th century physics ; v. 36.
- World Scientific series in 20th century physics ; v. 36
- Standardized Title:
- Papers. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physics.
- Yang, Chen Ning, 1922-2025.
- Yang, Chen Ning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (622 p.)
- Edition:
- 2005 ed.
- Other Title:
- Cover title also in Chinese: Yang Chen-ning lun wen hsuan chi
- Place of Publication:
- Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A remarkable personal and professional chronicle by one of today's leading physicists, this is a collection of Chen Ning Yang's personally selected papers supplemented by his insightful commentaries. Including previously unpublished or hard-to-find works, this volume contains Yang's important papers on statistical physics, nuclear forces, and particle physics. Among them are his seminal work with T D Lee on the nonconservation of parity, for which they won the Nobel Prize, and his work with R L Mills, which led to modern gauge theories with their exciting prospects for the broad unification of
- Contents:
- Preface; Contents; Commentary; Photographs; Articles; Articles; List of Papers; Index of Names in the Commentary; Added Items for This Edition
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 571-585) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786611905750
- 9781281905758
- 1281905755
- 9789812703354
- 9812703357
- OCLC:
- 476064443
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