BROKEN SYMMETRY: SELECTED PAPERS OF Y NAMBU (World Scientific Series In 20th Century Physics, 13)

BROKEN SYMMETRY: SELECTED PAPERS OF Y NAMBU (World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics, 13)

This book contains selected papers of Prof Nambu who is one of the most original and outstanding particle theorists of our time. This volume consists of about 40 papers which made fundamental contributions to our understanding of particle physics during the last few decades.The unpublished lecture note on string theory (1969) and the first paper on spontaneous symmetry breaking (1961) are retyped and included. The book also contains a memoir of Prof Nambu on his research career.