{"product_id":"9789814390590","title":"More and Different: Notes from a Thoughtful Curmudgeon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Top Five Book of 2012 by \u003ci\u003ePhysics Today\u003c\/i\u003e, USA\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Anderson was educated at University High School in Urbana, Illinois, at Harvard (BS 1943, PhD 1949), and further educated at Bell Laboratories, where his career (1949-1984) coincided with the greatest period of that remarkable institution. Starting in 1967, he shared his time with Cambridge University (until 1975) and then with Princeton, where he continued full time as Joseph Henry Professor until 1997. As an emeritus he remains active in research, and at press time he was involved in several scientific controversies about high profile subjects, in which his point of view, though unpopular at the moment, is likely to prevail eventually. His colleagues have made him one of the two physicists most often cited in the scientific literature, for several decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis work is characterized by mathematical simplicity combined with conceptual depth, and by profound respect for experimental findings. He has explored areas outside his main discipline, the quantum theory of condensed matter (for which he won the 1977 Nobel Prize), on several occasions: his paper on what is now called the “Anderson-Higgs mechanism” was a main source for Peter Higgs' elucidation of the boson; a crucial insight led to work on the dynamics of neutron stars (pulsars); and his concept of the spin glass led far afield, to developments in practical computer algorithms and neural nets, and eventually to his involvement in the early years of the Santa Fe Institute and his co-leadership with Kenneth Arrow of two influential workshops on economics at that institution. His writing career started with a much-quoted article in \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e titled “More is Different” in 1971; he was an occasional columnist for \u003ci\u003ePhysics Today\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1980s and 1990s. He was more recently a reviewer of science and science-related books for the \u003ci\u003eTimes (London) Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e as well as an occasional contributor to \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePersonal Reminiscences:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“BCS” and Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Mile of Dirty Lead Wire: A Fable for the Scientifically Literate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScientific and Personal Reminiscences of Ryogo Kubo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhysics at Bell Labs, 1949–1984: Young Turks and Younger Turks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt's Not Over Till the Fat Lady Sings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflections on Twentieth Century Physics: Historical Overview of the 20th Century in Physics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e21st Century Physics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eY Nambu and Broken Symmetry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNevill Mott, John Slater, and the “Magnetic State”: Winning the Prize and Losing the PR Battle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and Sociology:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmergence vs Reductionism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs the Theory of Everything the Theory of Anything?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs Measurement Itself an Emergent Property?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood News and Bad News\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Future Lies Ahead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCould Modern America Have Invented Wave Mechanics?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoose Ends and Gordian Knots of the String Cult\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImaginary Friend, Who Art in Heaven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScience Tactics and Strategy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid State Experimentalists: Theory Should be on Tap, Not on Top\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShadows of Doubt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Reverend Thomas Bayes, Needles in Haystacks, and the Fifth Force\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmerging Physics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Nature of Physical Laws\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the “Unreasonable Efficacy of Mathematics” — A Proposition by Wigner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen Scientists Go Astray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFurther Investigations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGenius:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Mad Pursuit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplexities of Feynman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoffee-Table Complexities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSearch for Polymath's Elementary Particles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGiant Who Started the Silicon Age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Quiet Man of Physics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Theoretical Physicist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSome Thoughtful Words (Not Mine) on Research Strategy for Theorists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScience Wars:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThey Think It's All Over\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience: A 'Dappled World' or a 'Seamless Web'?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReply to Cartwright\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePostmodernism, Politics and Religion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitics and Science:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics and Science\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Case Against Star Wars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Dialogue About Star Wars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Facts, Just the Right Answers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuturology:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFuturology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDizzy with Future Schlock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEinstein and the p-Branes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForecaster Fails to Detect Any Clouds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eComplexity:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhysics: The Opening to Complexity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs Complexity Physics? Is It Science? What Is It?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplexity II: The Santa Fe Institute\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhole Truths False In Part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopularization Attempts:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho Or What Is RVB?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore on RVB\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrainwashed by Feynman?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust Exactly What Do You Do, Dr Anderson?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Is a Condensed Matter Theorist?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlobal Economy II: Or, How Do You Follow a Great Act?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Students, scientists and lay people.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144248672496,"sku":"9789814390590","price":17.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814390590_p0.jpg?v=1763691300","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814390590","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}