Forks in the road (Record no. 66819)
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| fixed length control field | 01579nam a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789811234187 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 530.092 |
| Item number | DES/F |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Deser, Stanley |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Forks in the road |
| Remainder of title | a life in physics |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Singapore |
| Name of publisher | world scietific |
| Year of publication | 2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 155 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Stanley Deser is a preeminent theoretical physicist who made monumental contributions to general relativity, quantum field theory and high energy physics; he is a co-creator of supergravity. This is his personal story, intended for a broad, scientifically curious audience, with emphasis on the historic figures that defined the modern aspects of the field. Beginning with an account of his early life in Europe during the fateful period leading up to WW2, it continues with his family's dramatic escape from the Nazis through their arrival to the US. His education at public institutions including Brooklyn College nurtured his love of physics from an early age. He earned his PhD at Harvard and spent fruitful postdoc years at the Institute for Advanced Study and the Niels Bohr Institute, where he met many of the luminaries of the field. Then followed a long career at Brandeis University and many visits to foreign institutions. His work earned him many awards and led to exotic experiences detailed in the later chapters. The appendices contain semi-technical descriptions of some essential physics, as well as a more general commentary about the role of physics and physicists in understanding the universe. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Physicists |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | United states |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Collection code | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 08/06/2023 | 530.092 DES/F | 59624 | BK |