MURRAY GELL-MAN (1929)
A classical domain apart from quantum mechanics
... to many of us today it seems bizarre ... it is proposed that the
quasiclassical domain emerges from the quantum mechanical laws, including
the initial condition at the beginning of the universe. Understanding how
that emergence comes about presents a major challenge
Murray Gell-mann
..in general ... the
behaviour of highly complex nonlinear systems may exhibit simplicity, but
simplicity that is typically emergent and not obvious at the outset
Murray Gell-mann
Murray Gell-Mann
was born on 15th September 1929, in New York City. He obtained his B.Sc. at
Yale University in 1948, and his Ph.D. in 1951 at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. In 1952 he became a member of the Institute for
Advanced Study, during 1952-1953 he was instructor at the University of
Chicago, from 1953 to 1954 he was Assistant Professor, in 1954 he was
appointed Associate Professor for research on dispersion relations. In this
period he developed the strangeness theory and the eightfold way theory. In
1956 he was appointed Professor, his research then turned more to the theory
of weak interactions.
of Sciences.
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Mas sobre su vida
His biography, from Santafe Institute
Aventuras en lo simple y en lo complejo
As a theoretical physicist, Murray Gell-Mann has explored nature at its most fundamental level. His achievements include the 1969 Nobel Prize for work leading up to his discovery of the quark--the basic building block of all atomic nuclei throughout the universe. But Gell-Mann is a man of many intellectual passions, with lifelong interests in fields that seek to understand existence at its most complex: natural history, biological evolution, the history of language, and the study of creative thinking.
The simple: a quark inside an atom. The complex: a jaguar prowling its jungle territory in the night. Exploring the relationship between them becomes a series of exciting intellectual adventures
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Sobre su pensamiento y obras:
What is complexity?, By Murray Gell-mann