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- catalog abstract ""In the 1930s, physics was in a crisis. There appeared to be no way to reconcile the new theory of quantum mechanics with Einstein's theory of relativity. In the post-World War II period, four eminent physicists rose to the challenge and developed a calculable version of quantum electrodynamics (QED). This formulation of QED was pioneered by Freeman Dyson, Richard Feynman, Julian Schwinger, and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, three of whom won the Nobel Prize for their work. Schweber begins with an account of the early work done by physicists such as Dirac and Jordan, and describes the gathering of eminent theorists at Shelter Island in 1947. The rest of his narrative comprises individual biographies of the four physicists, discussions of their major contributions, and the story of the scientific community in which they worked"--Publisher's description.".
- catalog contributor b5420592.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ""In the 1930s, physics was in a crisis. There appeared to be no way to reconcile the new theory of quantum mechanics with Einstein's theory of relativity. In the post-World War II period, four eminent physicists rose to the challenge and developed a calculable version of quantum electrodynamics (QED). This formulation of QED was pioneered by Freeman Dyson, Richard Feynman, Julian Schwinger, and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, three of whom won the Nobel Prize for their work. Schweber begins with an account of the early work done by physicists such as Dirac and Jordan, and describes the gathering of eminent theorists at Shelter Island in 1947. The rest of his narrative comprises individual biographies of the four physicists, discussions of their major contributions, and the story of the scientific community in which they worked"--Publisher's description.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [672]-723) and index.".
- catalog description "The birth of quantum field theory -- The 1930s -- The war and its aftermath -- Three conferences: Shelter Island, Pocono, and Oldstone -- The lamb shift and the magnetic moment of the electron -- Tomonaga and the rebuilding of Japanese physics -- Julian Schwinger and the formalization of quantum field theory -- Richard Feynman and the visualization of space-time process -- Freeman Dyson and the structure of quantum field theory -- QED Switzerland.".
- catalog extent "xxviii, 732 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0691033277 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0691036853 :".
- catalog isPartOf "Princeton series in physics".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog subject "537.6/7/09 20".
- catalog subject "Physicists Biography.".
- catalog subject "QC680 .S34 1994".
- catalog subject "Quantum electrodynamics History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The birth of quantum field theory -- The 1930s -- The war and its aftermath -- Three conferences: Shelter Island, Pocono, and Oldstone -- The lamb shift and the magnetic moment of the electron -- Tomonaga and the rebuilding of Japanese physics -- Julian Schwinger and the formalization of quantum field theory -- Richard Feynman and the visualization of space-time process -- Freeman Dyson and the structure of quantum field theory -- QED Switzerland.".
- catalog title "QED and the men who made it : Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga / Silvan S. Schweber.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".