Czech physicist petr horava on string theory and the quest to unify. The berkeley center for theoretical physics bctp is a research center for theoretical particle physics, cosmology, string theory and quantum gravity at the university of california at berkeley. Access study documents, get answers to your study questions, and connect with real tutors for physics 141a. Professor of physics, berkeley center for theoretical physics and department of physics, university of california berkeley, ca 947207300. We used this book for our string theory i last semester, and it will be our goto for the basic ingredients of the theory. The precise schedule of those discussionspresentations is here. Some of this surprising power of string theory is logically explained by the fact that string theory represents a natural extension or completion of the language of quantum manybody systems and quantum field theory, which makes it relevant in all those diverse areas where the methods of manybody physics play an important role. Solid state physics at university of california, berkeley. Czech republics neuron prize for his contribution to theoretical physics in 2015.
An approach to a theory of quantum gravity physics. He is a professor of physics in the berkeley center for theoretical physics at. Purcell and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. X uc berkeley physics 7a handbook pearson x mastering physics, student access kit x iclickers x elby the portable ta cummings vol. Senior staff member, physics division lawrence berkeley national laboratory berkeley, ca 94720. I havent seen the book yet, but i am sure it is brilliant, if it approaches the brilliance of some of marks other writings, such as for example the great thin book with manohar on effective field theory. Tau beta pi engineering honor society, california alpha chapter. Horava, who is at the university of california, berkeley, wants to rip this. This is a profile of department of physics, university of california, berkeley. I use this book whenever i teach string theory i, and it will be our goto for the basic ingredients of the theory in the first parts of this semester. University of california, berkeley department of physics from.
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Fall 2017 physics textbook list physics at berkeley. Quantum physics berkeley physics course, volume 4 9780070048614. Thornton, classical dynamics of particles and systems 4th edition, harcourt brace, 1995 this book is sometimes used by others who teach upperdivision mechanics, but in my opinion, it is an unfortunate book to use at this level. He was awarded the robert mccormick research fellowship at the enrico fermi institute at the university of chicago, worked as a research associate at princeton university, and won a sherman fairchild senior research fellowship at caltech, before joining the new high energy.