Product Description: This book was first published in 1982. It consists of selected contributions presented at the Nuffield Quantum Gravity Workshop held at Imperial College, London, in August 1981. The book is divided into three parts which correspond with the three separate themes pursued at the workshop...read more

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Product Description: This collection of seventeen essays explores the implications of quantum cosmology regarding God’s action in the world. The result is a profound contribution to constructive theology, engaging current research in the natural sciences and investigating the philosophical and theological elements in future natural science research...read more

This book is based on material taught to final-year physics undergraduates as part of the theoretical physics option at Imperial College. After a self-contained introduction to the essential ideas of vector spaces and linear operators, a bridge is built between the concepts and mathematics of classical physics, and the new mathematical framework employed in quantum mechanics. The axioms of nonrelativistic quantum theory are introduced, and shown to lead to a variety of new conceptual problems. Subjects discussed include state-vector reduction, the problem of measurement, quantum entanglement, the Kochen-Specker theorem, and the Bell inequalities. The book includes twenty-five problems with worked solutions.

Product Description: These notes are the contents of a lecture course given to third year physics undergraduates at the Imperial College who are taking the theoretical physics option. The subject of “Algebra and Groups” is of considerable importance in a number of branches of modern theoretical physics, and therefore one major objective of the course is to introduce the students to the basic ideas on the subject, bearing in mind the potential applications to quantum theory...read more

Product Description: These two volumes contain 64 essays on quantum field theory and quantum statistical physics specially commissioned in honour of the sixtieth birthday of Efim Fradkin. Over the years Professor Fradkin has continuously figured among the leaders of this very dynamic science, and the star-studded list of authors of this collection reflects the respect in which he is held...read more

Product Description: These two volumes contain 64 essays on quantum field theory and quantum statistical physics specially commissioned in honour of the sixtieth birthday of Efim Fradkin. Over the years Professor Fradkin has continuously figured among the leaders of this very dynamic science, and the star-studded list of authors of this collection reflects the respect in which he is held...read more