The symposium was held to celebrate a century of modern physics initiated in 1887 by the Michelson-Morley experiment which demonstrated that the earth's motion had no effect on the behavior of light. Fifteen papers dwell relatively little on the past, addressing current developments in such areas as: physics at higher energies and smaller distances
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The symposium was held to celebrate a century of modern physics initiated in 1887 by the Michelson-Morley experiment which demonstrated that the earth's motion had no effect on the behavior of light. Fifteen papers dwell relatively little on the past, addressing current developments in such areas as: physics at higher energies and smaller distances
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Very Good; No jacket. 1988 American Institute of Physics. AIP Conference Proceedings 169. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has beige cloth-covered boards with blue and black spine and cover lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Glossy color plates. 258 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Tail of spine bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Contents include: "The Search for Gravitational Waves: Probing the Dynamics of Space-Time" by Peter F. Michelson; "The Supercollider: Assault on the Summit" by Leon Lederman; "Is the Whole Universe Composed of Superstrings? " by Murray Gell-Mann. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
