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This volume contains a discriminating selection of papers withcommentaries by one of the most creative theoretical physicists of ourcentury, Nobel Laureate Sir Nevill Mott. His pioneering contributions(1928 - 1993) include Fermi liquid theory, metal-insulator transition,the theory of noncrystalline materials, high-temperaturesuperconductivity and many other discoveries. ... Read more

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Sir Nevill Mott was Britain's last Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics.This is a tribute to the life and work of Nobel Laureate Nevill Mott, a hugely admired and appreciated man, and one of this countries greatest ever scientists.It includes contributions from over 80 of his friends, family and colleagues, full of anecdotes and appreciations for this colossus of modern physics. ... Read more

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The late Sir Nevill Mott was one of Britain's greatest ever and most admired scientists.A physicist of great repute he was Britain's last Nobel Prize winner for Physics.This landmark book, published to celebrate Mott's 90th Birthday in 1995, explores the life and work of one of our best physicists. ... Read more

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One of Britain's Greatest Scientists
This is an autobiography of one of Britain's greatest scientists in the twentieth century. Written near the end of his long life, it describes his many achievements.

Born in 1905, his life spanned the century. He studied physics under Fowler at Cambridge. Then he worked under Niels Bohr at Copenhagen and under Max Born at Gottingen, before World War 2. This was during a time of great intellectual ferment in physics. The underpinnings of quantum mechanics were being hashed out at both places.

Mott specialised in solid state research. He is remembered in the "Mott transition".

The book describes his work in a manner suitable for a general audience. And how in 1977, he shared the Nobel in physics. Also of interest are his remarks on the role of physicists in the post war period. He chaired a Pugwash group in England. (Pugwash related to nuclear nonproliferation issues.) ... Read more

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This text surveys the various aspects of the fundamental problem related to the metallic and non-metallic states of matter, a question physicists have been studying for almost 100 years. ... Read more