PWA90
Subtitle: a lifetime of emergence
By: edited by Premi Chandra (Rutgers University), Piers Coleman (Rutgers University), Gabi Kotliar (Rutgers University), Phuan Ong (Princeton University), Daniel L. Stein (Courant Institute, NYU), Clare Yu (UC, Irvine)
Contributors: Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923- honoree
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Singapore; Hackensack, New Jersey
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789814733618; 9789814733625
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Quantum theory; Condensed matter
Other titles: Philip W. Anderson 90
Description: "In a remarkable career spanning more than six decades, Philip W. Anderson has made many fundamental contributions to physics. As codified in his oft-quoted phrase "More is Different", Anderson has been the most forceful and persuasive proponent of the radical, but now ubiquitous, viewpoint of emergent phenomena: truly fundamental concepts that can and do emerge from studies of Nature at each layer of complexity or energy scale. Anderson's ideas have also extended deeply into other areas of physics, including the Anderson-Higgs mechanism and the dynamics of pulsars. PWA90: A Lifetime of Emergence is a volume of original scientific essays and personal reminiscences of Philip W Anderson by experts in the field, that were presented as part of "PWA90: Emergent Frontiers of Condensed Matter" meeting held at Princeton in December 2013 to highlight Anderson's contributions to physics"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Recollections of a graduate student / Khandkar A. Muttalib; title: P.W. Anderson seen through the eyes of a student / Clare C. Yu; title: Random walks in Anderson's garden: a journey from cuprates to Cooper pair insulators and beyond / Ganputhy Baskaran; title: Some reminiscences on Anderson localization / Elihu Abrahams; title: Anderson and condensed matter physics / T.V. Ramakrishnan; title: Superfluidity and symmetry breaking: an Anderson living legacy / Frank Wilczek; title: Phil Anderson and gauge symmetry breaking  / Edward Witten; title: A short history of the theory and experimental discovery of superfluidity in 3He / William F. Brinkman; title: 40 years of quantum spin liquid: a tale of emergence from frustration / Patrick Lee; title: High Tc superconductivity and RVB / Mohit Randeria; title: Superconductivity in a terrestrial liquid: what would it be like? / Anthony Leggett; title: Paired insulators and high temperature superconductors / Ted Geballe and Steven Kivelson; title: The special properties of high Tc cuprates, radically different from other transition metal oxides / T. Maurice Rice; title: From bacteria to artificial cells, the problem of self-reproduction / Albert Libchaber; title: Spin glasses and frustration / Ted Kirkpatrick; title: Frustration and fluctuations in systems with quenched disorder / Daniel Stein; title: Phil Anderson's magnetic life / Piers Coleman.