Steven Weinberg : a Life in Physics / Steven Weinberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinberg, Steven, 1933-2021, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physicists--United States--Biography.

Physicists.

Nobel Prize winners--United States--Biography.

Nobel Prize winners.

Austin (Tex.)--Biography.

Austin (Tex.).

Weinberg, Steven, 1933-2021.

Weinberg, Steven.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 253 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2025]

Summary:

Steven Weinberg shares his candid thoughts, in his own words, on theoretical physics and cosmology, along with personal anecdotes and recollections of the people who helped shape his career. These memoirs of his life as a scientist and public figure cover his student days and early career, through the golden age of particle physics in the 1970s, his being awarded the Nobel prize, through to the end of the twentieth century. In addition to his research insights, Weinberg provides glimpses into his life in academia more broadly: dealing with the 'two-body problem', tenure, international conference travel, his book-writing, advisory work with JASON, and his advocacy for the Superconducting Super Collider. Physicists, historians of science and interested readers will find the presentation engaging and often witty, as Weinberg reflects on his life in physics

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Preface: The Twentieth Century

Publisher's Note

1 First Things

2 Turning to Science

3 Cornell

4 Copenhagen

5 Princeton

6 Manhattan

7 San Francisco and Berkeley

8 East to London

9 Berkeley

10 Cambridge: 1966-69

11 Cambridge: 1969-72

12 Cambridge: 1972-79

13 Gone to Texas

14 Super Collider Days

15 Austin: The 1980s

16 The Dark Energy

17 Austin: The 1990s

Image Credits

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009513463

100951346X

9781009513456

1009513451

9781009513487

1009513486