Physics at the beginning of the twenty-first century has reached new levels of accomplishment and impact in a society and nation that are changing rapidly. Accomplishments have led us into the information age and fueled broad technological and economic development. The pace of discovery is quickening and stronger links with other fields such as the biological sciences are being developed. The intellectual reach has never been greater, and the questions being asked are more ambitious than ever before. Physics in a New Era is the final report of the NRC's six-volume decadal physics survey. The book reviews the frontiers of physics research, examines the role of physics in our society, and makes recommendations designed to strengthen physics and its ability to serve important needs such as national security, the economy, information technology, and education.
Space 2000
This discovery was made by James Watson and Francis Crick, using data due in part to Rosalind Franklin. All three were young, unheralded scientists: Watson was 24, and Crick was 36, reestablishing himself after a brief career in physics ...
This book responds to the call for a clear description of the role of basic science in meeting societal needs.
This book is a collection of invited talks, oral contributions and poster contributions devoted to advances in nuclear physics.
This book is dedicated to Lev Okun, who passed away in November 2015. He was a true pioneer in probing fundamental dynamics.The book has two objectives.
A New Era of Leptogenesis
This book identifies opportunities, priorities, and challenges for the field of condensed-matter and materials physics.
TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS Continued advancement in the capabilities of the accelerators and detectors used in support of elementary-particle physics research is critically dependent on continuing advances in the underlying ...
Professionally, I am a neurologist, but ever since I was fourteen years old, I have been passionate, first about mathematics, then about physics.
This book is a systematic survey of the knowledge accumulated in this field in the last thirty years.