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Albert Einstein Memorial Lectures.
This volume consists of a selection of the Albert Einstein Memorial Lectures presented annually at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Delivered by eminent scientists and scholars, including Nobel laureates, they cover a broad spectrum of subjects in physics, chemistry, life science, math...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
World Scientific,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Preface; List of Contributors; Contents; What Can Pure Mathematics Offer to Society? W. Timothy Gowers; General Covariance and the Passive Equations of Physics Shlomo Sternberg; 1. What Do I Mean by 'Passive Equations'?; 2. The Sources of This Lecture; 3. What is the 'Fundamentally Simple Question' Posed by Einstein, Infeld and Hoffmann?; 4. Einstein's Comment on the First Principle; 5. What Is a Geodesic?; 6. Gauss's Lemma and the Problem of Absolute Space; 7. The Contributions of Gauss and Riemann; 8. Parallelism along Curves, Geodesics.
- 9. Return to the 'Fundamentally Simple Question' of Einstein-Infeld-Hoffman10. Constraints Imposed by Symmetry; 10.1. The example of an equilateral triangle; 10.2. The concept of the orbit through a point; 10.3. General formulation of the constraint imposed by a symmetry group; 10.4. Example: Spheres as orbits; 10.5. The infinitesimal version of the constraint; 11. The Infinitesimal Constraint Condition as a Principle of Physics; 12. Some More Geometry; 13. The Technical Formulation for the Case of General Relativity; 14. The Hilbert Function.
- 15. The Passive Equations and the Einstein-Infeld- Hoffman-Souriau Solution to the 'Fundamentally Simple Question'16. The Schrodinger Equation; The Structure of Quarks and Leptons Haim Harari; Beautiful Theories Steven Weinberg; Harmless Energy from Nuclei Carlo Rubbia; 1. Energy Is Necessary; 2. The Greenhouse Issue; 3. Pros and Cons of Present-Day Nuclear Energy; 4. Toward a Renovated Scenario; 5. Comparing Magnetically Confined Fusion with Accelerator-Driven Fission; 6. Conclusions.
- Supramolecular Chemistry: From Molecular Information toward Self-Organization and Complex Matter Jean-Marie Lehn1. Introduction; 2. From Molecular to Supramolecular Chemistry; 3. The Molecular Information Paradigm; 4. Molecular Recognition, Catalysis and Transport; 5. Functional Molecular and Supramolecular Devices; 6. Self-organization by Design: Programmed Chemical Systems; 7. Self-Selection: The Instructed Mixture Paradigm; 8. Multicode Programmed Systems; 9. Self-Organization by Selection: Constitutional Dynamic Chemistry; 10. Functional Supramolecular Materials.
- 11. Self-Organization in Supramolecular Nanoscience and Nanotechnology12. Conclusion: Perspectives; References; Chromatin and Transcription Roger Kornberg; References; Energy, Environment, and the Responsibility of Scientists Yuan T. Lee; 1. A Historical Perspective on the Development of Human Society on Earth; 2. The Dilemma of Living in a Half-Globalized World; 3. The 'Science and Technology in Society' Forum, Kyoto; 4. Science Should Tackle Urgent Problems; 5. Sharing of Scientific Knowledge and Technologies in a Globalized World; 6. Concluding Remarks.