A Mind Over Matter: Philip Anderson and the Physics of the Very Many Andrew Zangwill

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 019886910X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198869108
• Author(s): Andrew Zangwill

A Mind Over Matter is a biography of the Nobel-prize winner Philip W. Anderson, a person widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential physicists of the second half of the twentieth century.

Anderson (1923-2020) was a theoretician who specialized in the physics of matter, including window glass and metals, magnets and semiconductors, liquid crystals and superconductors. More than any other single person, Anderson transformed the patchwork subject of solid-state physics into the deep, subtle, and coherent discipline known today as condensed matter physics.

Among his many world-class research achievements, Anderson discovered an aspect of wave physics that had been missed by all previous scientists going back to Isaac Newton. He became a public figure when he testified before Congress to oppose its funding of an expensive project intended exclusively for particle physics research. Over the years, he published many articles designed to influence a broad audience about issues where science impacted public policy and culture.

Table contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Son of the Heartland
Chapter 3: Making Waves
Chapter 4: First Fruits
Chapter 5: A Solid Beginning
Chapter 6: Breaking Symmetry
Chapter 7: Disorderly Conduct
Chapter 8: Law in Disorder
Chapter 9: The Love of His Life
Chapter 10: The Cantabrigian
Chapter 11: Hidden Moments
Chapter 12: From Emergence to Complexity
Chapter 13: The Pope of Condensed Matter Physics
Chapter 14: The Problem of a Lifetime
Index

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