An exciting new edition of a classic text. Howard Georgi isthe co-inventor (with Sheldon Glashow) of the SU(5) theory. Thisextensively revised and updated edition of his classic text makesthe theory of Lie groups accessible to graduate students, whileoffering a perspective on the way in which knowledge of such groupscan provide an insight into the development of unified theories ofstrong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions.
'Spiegelman has turned the exuberant fantasy of comics insideout by giving us the most incredible fantasy in comics' history:something that actually occurred. MAUS is terrifying not for itsbrutality, but for its tenderness and guilt' New Yorker MAUS iswidely renowned as one of the greatest pieces of art and literatureever written about the Holocaust. It is adored by readers andstudied in colleges and universities all over the world. But whatled Art Spiegelman to tell his father's story in the first place?Why did he choose to depict the Jews as mice? How could a comicbook confront the terror and brutality of the worst atrocity of thetwentieth century? To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the book'sfirst publication, MetaMAUS, prepared by the author, is a vitalcompanion to the classic text and includes never-before-seensketches, rough and alternate drafts, family and reference photos,notebook and diary entries and the tran* of his interviewswith his father Vladek as well as a long interview with Art, inw
One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takeshis ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractablequestions that science seeks to answer. In A Walk in the Woods , Bill Bryson trekked the AppalachianTrail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country , heconfronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer.Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: tounderstand -- and, if possible, answer -- the oldest, biggestquestions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking asterritory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization,Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing atall to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to ahost of the world’s most advanced (and often obsessed)archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling totheir offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or triedto read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticedhimself to their powerful mi
This classic of contemporary science writing by a NobelPrize-winning physicist explains to general readers what happenedwhen the universe began, and how we know..
From Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson, a livinglegend for his work unlocking the structure of DNA, comes thiscandid and entertaining memoir, filled with practical advice forthose starting out their academic careers. In Avoid Boring People , Watson lays down a life’s wisdom forgetting ahead in a competitive world. Witty and uncompromisinglyhonest, he shares his thoughts on how young scientists shouldchoose the projects that will shape their careers, the supremeimportance of collegiality, and dealing with competitors within thesame institution. It’s an irreverent romp through Watson’s colorfulcareer and an indispensable guide to anyone interested in nurturingthe life of the mind.
David Carroll has dedicated his life to art and to wetlands.He is as passionate about swamps, bogs, and vernal ponds and thecreatures who live in them as most of us are about our families andclosest friends. He knows frogs and snakes, muskrats and minks,dragonflies, water lilies, cattails, sedges--everything that swims,flies, trudges, slithers, or sinks its roots in wet places. In this"intimate and wise book" (Sue Hubbell), Carroll takes us on alively, unforgettable yearlong journey, illustrated with his ownelegant drawings, through the wetlands and reveals why they are soimportant to his life and ours -- and to all life on Earth.
Six lectures, all regarding the most revolutionary discoveryin twentieth-century physics: Einsteins Theory of Relativity. Noonenot even Einstein himselfexplained these difficult,anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto,than Feynman.
An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory is a textbook intendedfor the graduate physics course covering relativistic quantummechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and Feynman diagrams. Theauthors make these subjects accessible through carefully workedexamples illustrating the technical aspects of the subject, andintuitive explanations of what is going on behind the mathematics.After presenting the basics of quantum electrodynamics, the authorsdiscuss the theory of renormalization and its relation tostatistical mechanics, and introduce the renormalization group.This discussion sets the stage for a discussion of the physicalprinciples that underlie the fundamental interactions of elementaryparticle physics and their de*ion by gauge field theories.
