HALF-CENTURY OF PHYSICAL ASYMPTOTICS AND OTHER DIVERSIONS, A: SELECTED WORKS BY MICHAEL BERRY
Michael Berry, "HALF-CENTURY OF PHYSICAL ASYMPTOTICS AND OTHER DIVERSIONS, A: SELECTED WORKS BY MICHAEL BERRY"
English | ISBN: 9813221194 | 2017 | 724 pages | PDF | 101 MB
English | ISBN: 9813221194 | 2017 | 724 pages | PDF | 101 MB
Michael Berry is a theoretical physicist who has contributed to a wide variety of areas in quantum mechanics, optics and related mathematics, linked by the geometrical aspects of waves, especially phase. This collection of his selected published and unpublished papers, reviews, tributes to other scientists, speeches and other works ranges from the technical to the popular. It is organized by the themes of his significant scientific contributions. Detailed introductions emphasize the rich connections between the different themes. An essential read for physicists, mathematicians, students and philosophers of science.
Readership: Students of physics and mathematics, professional physicists and mathematicians, philosophers of science.