Download or read book Theories Of Matter: A Festschrift For Prof Joseph Birman written by Allan Solomon and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-05-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a selection of articles on modern theoretical physics contributed by leading scientists. It is dedicated to Joseph L Birman for his prolific and outstanding contribution to the field. The topics covered are in the fields of condensed matter and solid state physics, elementary particles and quantum optics.