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Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics New and Notable Titles in Spring 2019 Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics New and Notable Titles in Spring 2019 Interdisciplinary Harvard Lectures Topology and Lectures of Sidney Physics Coleman on Quantum edited by Chen Ning Yang (Tsinghua Field Theory University, China), Mo-Lin Ge (Nankai Foreword by David Kaiser University, China) & Yang-Hui He (City edited by Bryan Gin-ge Chen (Leiden University, University of London, UK) Netherlands), David Derbes (University of Chicago, USA), David Griffiths (Reed College, This book is a contribution of an assembly USA), Brian Hill (Saint Mary’s College of of grand masters of the field, guiding us California, USA), Richard Sohn (Kronos, Inc., with their world-renowned expertise Lowell, USA) & Yuan-Sen Ting (Harvard) on the subject of the interplay between “Topology” and “Physics”. “Sidney Coleman was the master teacher of quantum field theory. All of us who knew him This book is a collective contribution became his students and disciples. Sidney’s from respected figures such as Chen Ning Yang, Sir Michael Atiyah, legendary course remains fresh and bracing, because he chose his topics with Nick Manton, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Edward Witten, Louis H Kauffman, a sure feel for the essential, and treated them with elegant economy.” Minhyong Kim, Sir Roger Penrose, Haijun Zhang, Shou-Cheng Zhang and Xiao-Gang Wen. Frank Wilczek Nobel Laureate in Physics 2004 220pp Jan 2019 “Sidney Coleman’s Field Theory lectures at Harvard were a staple of every 978-981-3278-49-3 US$88 £75 particle physicist Harvard graduate student’s education ... the ideas — like all 978-981-3278-50-9(pbk) US$36 £30 good physics concepts — have survived the decades beautifully. In a labor of love and educational devotion, a team of former students and TAs teamed up Classic Textbook with professors and experts to share his legacy in perpetuity.” Lisa Randall Advanced Quantum Harvard Mechanics 1000pp Dec 2018 2nd Edition 978-981-4632-53-9 US$168 £150 By (author): Freeman Dyson 978-981-4635-50-9(pbk) US$88 £75 (IAS, Princeton) Translated by: David Derbes (Laboratory Schools, University of New Edition Chicago, USA) PT Symmetry “This book is likely to be of interest In Quantum and Classical Physics mainly to historians of science … one By (author): Carl M Bender (Washington thing was done rather well was the University in St. Louis, USA) relativistic treatment of the spectrum Contributions by: Patrick E Dorey, Clare of the hydrogen atom, which is found Dunning, Andreas Fring, Daniel W Hook, Hugh algebraically and, rather elegantly and efficiently. The treatment of F Jones, Sergii Kuzhel, GézaLévai, Roberto Tateo fluctuations in fields had some nice points …” CERN Courier Originated by the author in 1998, the field of PT (parity-time) symmetry has become an extremely This edition has been printed on the 60th anniversary of the Cornell active and exciting area of research. PT-symmetric lectures, and includes a foreword by science historian David Kaiser, as quantum and classical systems have theoretical, well as notes from Dyson’s lectures at the Les Houches Summer School experimental, and commercial applications, and of Theoretical Physics in 1954. The Les Houches lectures, described as a have been the subject of many journal articles, supplement to the original Cornell notes, provide a more detailed look PhD theses, conferences, and symposia. Carl Bender’s work has influenced major at field theory, a careful and rigorous derivation of Fermi’s Golden Rule, advances in physics and generations of students. and a masterful treatment of renormalization and Ward’s Identity. 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The book provides a solid introduction into the Statistical Physics field, a deeper insight in the formal description of quantum information A Short Course for Future Scientists and Engineers as well as a well laid-out overview on several platforms for quantum Volume 1: Foundations simulation and quantum computation. All in all, a well-written and Volume 2: Equilibriums commendable textbook, which will prove very valuable both for the By: Jean-Michel Gillet (CentraleSupélec, Paris-Saclay University, France) novices and the scholars in the fields of quantum computation and This series is an ideal introductory course for students who are looking for information.” an alternative approach to the traditional academic treatment of quantum Rainer Blatt and statistical physics. It bridges the gap between other traditional books Universität Innsbruck and IQOQI Innsbruck, Austria on this topic. 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