To see a world in a grain of sand
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons
Abstract
Throughout John Wheeler's career, he wrestled with big issues like the fundamental length, the black hole and the unification of quantum mechanics and relativity. In this essay, I argue that solid state physics -- historically the study of silicon, semiconductors and sand grains -- can give surprisingly deep insights into the big questions of the world.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0210162,
title = {To see a world in a grain of sand},
author = {Shou-Cheng Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0210162},
year = {2007}
}
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A chapter for John Wheeler's 90's birthday festschrift