A Career In Theoretical Physics

CONTENTS......Page 12
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 6
Introductory Essay to the First Edition......Page 8
More Is Different......Page 22
1. Pressure Broadening in the Microwave and Infrared Regions......Page 26
2. Theory of Ferroelectric Behavior of Barium Titanate......Page 42
3. Use of Stochastic Methods in Line-Broadening Problems......Page 50
4. An Approximate Quantum Theory of the Antiferromagnetic Ground State......Page 72
5. Qualitative Considerations on the Statistics of the Phase Transition in BaTiO3-type Ferroelectrics......Page 82
6. Ordering and Antiferromagnetism in Ferrites......Page 92
7. Absence of Diffusion in Certain Random Lattices......Page 100
8. New Method in the Theory of Superconductivity......Page 116
9. New Approach to the Theory of Superexchange Interactions......Page 120
10. Theory of Dirty Superconductors......Page 134
11. Calculation of the Superconducting State Parameters with Retarded Electron-Phonon Interaction......Page 140
12. Generalized Bardeen-Cooper-Schriefer States and the Proposed Low-Temperature Phase of Liquid He3......Page 150
13. Localized Magnetic States in Metals......Page 176
14. Plasmons Gauge Invariance and Mass......Page 190
15. Hard Superconductivity: Theory of the Motion of Abrikosov Flux Lines......Page 196
16. Probable Observation of the Josephson Superconducting Tunneling Effect......Page 202
17. Image of the Phonon Spectrum in the Tunneling Characteristic between Superconductors......Page 206
18. Exchange in Magnetic Insulators......Page 210
19. Superconductivity (Two Opinions)......Page 228
20. Coherent Matter Field Phenomena in Superfluids......Page 240
21. Considerations on the Flow of Superfluid Helium......Page 262
22. Multiple-Scattering Theory and Resonances in Transition Metals......Page 276
23. Infrared Catastrophe in Fermi Gases with Local Scattering Potentials......Page 314
24. The Kondo Effect......Page 318
The Kondo Effect I......Page 319
The Kondo Effect II......Page 325
Kondo Effect III: The Wilderness — Mainly Theoretical......Page 333
Kondo Effect IV: Out of the Wilderness......Page 339
25. Superconductivity in the Past and the Future......Page 346
26. Macroscopic Coherence and Superfluidity......Page 364
27. The Fermi Glass: Theory and Experiment......Page 374
28. Space-Time and Scaling Techniques in the Kondo Problem......Page 382
29. Anomalous Low-temperature Thermal Properties of Glasses and Spin Glasses......Page 388
30. Comments on the Maximum Superconducting Transition Temperature......Page 398
Comments on the Maximum Superconducting Transition Temperature......Page 399
Comment on "Model for an Exciton Mechanism of Superconductivity"......Page 410
31. Resonating Valence Bonds: A New Kind of Insulator?......Page 414
32. Anisotropic Superfluidity in 3He: A Possible Interpretation of Its Stability as a Spin-Fluctuation Effect......Page 424
33. Conference Summary......Page 430
34. Asymptotically Exact Methods in the Kondo Problem......Page 438
35. Many-Body Effects at Surfaces......Page 460
36. Conductivity from Charge or Spin Density Waves......Page 490
37. Uses of Solid State Analogies in Elementary Particle Theory......Page 498
38. Possible Consequences of Negative U Centers in Amorphous Materials......Page 524
39. Theory of Spin Glasses......Page 530
40. Solution of "Solvable Model of a Spin Glass"......Page 542
41. Phase Slippage without Vortex Cores: Vortex Textures in Superfluid 3He......Page 552
42. Scaling Theory of Localization: Absence of Quantum Diffusion in Two Dimensions......Page 558
43. Some General Thoughts about Broken Symmetry......Page 564
44. The Rheology of Neutron Stars: Vortex Line Pinning in the Crust Superfluid......Page 576
45. Localization Redux......Page 590
46. New Method for Scaling Theory of Localization. II: Multi-Channel Theory of a "Wire" and Possible Extension to Higher Dimensionality......Page 598
47. Definition and Measurement of the Electrical and Thermal Resistances......Page 608
48. Suggested Model for Prebiotic Evolution: The Use of Chaos......Page 614
49. Chemical Pseudopotentials......Page 620
50. Spin Glass Hamiltonians: A Bridge between Biology Statistical Mechanics and Computer Science......Page 630
51. Measurement in Quantum Theory and the Problem of Complex Systems......Page 636
52. It's Not Over Till the Fat Lady Sings......Page 650
53. Spin Glass......Page 660
Spin Glass I: A Scaling Law Rescued......Page 661
Spin Glass II: Is There a Phase Transition?......Page 663
Spin Glass III: Theory Raises Its Head......Page 664
Spin Glass IV: Glimmerings of Trouble......Page 666
Spin Glass V: Real Power Brought to Bear......Page 668
Spin Glass VI: Spin Glass as Cornucopia......Page 670
Spin Glass VII: Spin Glass as Paradigm......Page 672
54. Epilogue......Page 674
55. Present Status of Theory: 1/N Approach......Page 683
56. The Problem of Fluctuating Valence in f-Electron Metals......Page 697
57. Gutzwiller-Hubbard Lattice-Gas Model with Variable Density: Application to Normal Liquid 3He......Page 704
58. Some Ideas on the Aesthetics of Science......Page 718
59. Theoretical Paradigms for the Sciences of Complexity......Page 733
60. 50 Years of the Mott Phenomenon: Insulators Magnets Solids and Superconductors as Aspects of Strong-Repulsion Theory......Page 744
61. Theories of Fullerene Tc's Which Will Not Work......Page 786
62. The Reverend Thomas Bayes Needles in Haystacks and the Fifth Force......Page 796
63. The Eightfold Way to the Theory of Complexity: A Prologue......Page 800
64. Magnetic Field Induced Confinement in Strongly Correlated Anisotropic Materials......Page 810
65. Physics: The Opening to Complexity......Page 816
66. Beyond Chaos: Singular Distributions and Power Laws......Page 820
67. Science: A 'Dappled World' or a 'Seamless Web'?......Page 830
68. RVB Redux: A Synergistic Theory of High Tc Cuprates......Page 840
69. Physics of the Pseudogap Phase of High Tc Cuprates or RVB meets Umklapp......Page 848
70. In Praise of Unstable Fixed Points: The Way Things Actually Work......Page 854
71. Rise of Complexity 1953-2002......Page 860
72. The Physics behind High-temperature Superconducting Cuprates: The 'Plain Vanilla' Version of RVB......Page 868