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9780521805384

Visions of the Future: Physics and Electronics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521805384

  • ISBN10:

    0521805384

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-07-02
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Leading young scientists, many holding prestigious Royal Society Research Fellowships, describe their research and give their visions of the future. Re-written in a popular and well illustrated style, the articles are derived from scholarly and authoritative papers published in a special Millennium Issue of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions (used by Newton, this is the world's longest running scientific journal). Carefully selected by the journal's editor, Professor J. M. T. Thompson FRS, topics include quantum physics and its relation to relativity theory and human consciousness; electronics for the future; exotic quantum computing and data storage; telecommunications and the internet. The book conveys the excitement and enthusiasm of the young authors for their work in Physics and Electronics. Two companion books cover Astronomy and Earth Science, and Chemistry and Life Science. All are definitive reviews for anyone with a general interest in the future directions of science.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
J. M. T. Thompson
Quantum physics, relativity and consciousness
Night thoughts of a quantum physicist
1(16)
Adrian Kent
Quantum physics in the laboratory
Metals without electrons: the physics of exotic quantum fluids
17(22)
Derek K. K. Lee
Andrew J. Schofield
Atom optics: matter and waves in harmony
39(10)
William L. Power
Electronics for the future
Quantum electronics: beyond the transistor
49(30)
Alexander Giles Davies
Spin electronics
79(18)
Michael Ziese
Polymer electronics
97(20)
Ifor D. W. Samuel
Exotic computing and new microchips
Quantum-enhanced information processing
117(22)
Michele Mosca
Richard Jozsa
Andrew Steane
Artur Ekert
Magnets, microchips and memories
139(22)
Russell P. Cowburn
Telecommunications and the Internet
Future high-capacity optical communications: systems and networks
161(22)
Polina Bayvel
Control and pricing of the Internet
183(14)
Richard Gibbens
Contributor biographies 197(14)
Index 211

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