Historical roots of spontaneous symmetry breaking : steps towards an analogy / Rocco Gaudenzi.
2022
QC793.3.S9
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Title
Historical roots of spontaneous symmetry breaking : steps towards an analogy / Rocco Gaudenzi.
Author
Gaudenzi, Rocco, author.
ISBN
9783030998950 (electronic bk.)
3030998959 (electronic bk.)
9783030998943
3030998940
3030998959 (electronic bk.)
9783030998943
3030998940
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-99895-0 doi
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QC793.3.S9
Dewey Decimal Classification
539.7/25
Summary
What are the thinking processes and knowledge resources involved in a complex discovery? How can the physics of solids, the physics of nuclei, and elementary particle physics cross-fertilise in spite of the widely differing domains and energy scales they deal with? This book addresses the questions by reconstructing and examining from the historical epistemological perspective the fascinating heuristic path to the concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking. This analysis especially brings to light the role that analogical reasoning and mathematical reformulations played in the discovery process, as well as the influence of the Japanese milieu and approach to physical problems.
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SpringerBriefs in history of science and technology.
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Print version: 9783030998943
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Table of Contents
Shows How Different Sub-disciplines can have a Beneficial Influence on Each Other
Traits of an Emerging Tradition: Modern Physics in Japan
Yoichiro Nambu and the Collective Description of Many-particle Systems
Elementary Particles as Excitations of a Solid Medium. Is the Universe a Superconductor?
Historical and Epistemological Reflections.
Traits of an Emerging Tradition: Modern Physics in Japan
Yoichiro Nambu and the Collective Description of Many-particle Systems
Elementary Particles as Excitations of a Solid Medium. Is the Universe a Superconductor?
Historical and Epistemological Reflections.