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This book aims to make broadly accessible an understandable proof of the infamous spin-statistics theorem. This widely known but little-understood theorem is intended to explain the fact that electrons obey the Pauli exclusion principle. This fact, in turn, explains the periodic table of the elements and their chemical properties. Therefore, this simply-stated fact is responsible for many of the principal features of our universe, from chemistry to solid state physics to nuclear physics to the life cycle of stars. In spite of its fundamental importance, it is only a slight exaggeration to say that "everyone knows the spin-statistics theorem, but no-one understands it". This book simplifies and clarifies the formal statements of the theorem, and also corrects the invariably flawed intuitive explanations which are frequently put forward. The book should be of interest to many practising physicists in all fields who have long been frustrated by the impenetrable discussions on the subject which have been available until now. It should also be acessible to students at an advanced undergraduate level as an introduction to modern physics based directly on the classical writings of the founders, including Pauli, Dirac, Heisenberg, Einstein and many others.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Physics Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)

• Full title: Pauli And The Spin-statistics Theorem
• Author: Ian Duck, E. C. G. Sudarshan
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 524
• EAN: 9789810231149
• ISBN: 9810231148
• ID: 05065773
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Weight: 836 g
• Dimensions: 156 × 222 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. March 1998

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