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The past century has seen fantastic advances in physics, from
the discovery of the electron, x-rays, and radioactivity, to the
era of incredible solid state devices, computers, quarks and
leptons, and the standard model. But what of the next? Many
scientists think we are on the threshold of an even more exciting
new era in which breakthroughs in a startling variety of directions
will produce significant changes in our understanding of the
natural world. In this book, a group of eminent scientists define
and elaborate on these new directions.
Ed Witten and Frank Wilczek discuss string theory and the future
of particle physics; Donald Perkins describes the search for
neutrino oscillations; Alvin Tollestrup reveals dreams of a muon
collider at Fermilab to probe the heart of "elementary" particles;
and Robert Palmer anticipates a new generation of particle
accelerators. Thibault Damour reviews classical gravitation and the
relevant new high-precision experiments; Kip Thorne describes the
exciting future for gravitational wave astronomy; and Paul
Steinhardt examines the recent breakthroughs in observational
cosmology and explains what future experiments might reveal. James
Langer explores nonequilibrium statistics and relates it to the
origins of complexity; Harry Swinney takes an experimentalist's
view of the emergence of order in seemingly chaotic systems; and
John Hopfield describes an extremely unusual dynamical system--the
human brain. Bruce Hillman, M. D., discusses the recent
developments in imaging techniques that have brought about
outstanding advances in medical diagnostics. T.V. Ramakrishnan
looks at high-temperature superconductors, which could eventually
revolutionize the solid-state technology on which society is
already highly dependent.
Stephen R. Marlowe presently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
He is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a B.A.
Degree in Philosophy and Religion, and a holds a Master of Divinity
Degree from American Baptist Seminary of the West. He currently
lead the Men's Fellowship known as Men for Christ.
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