Taking Off From Maxwell's Equations

COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

Abstract

I will discuss how we are still discovering new continents in the conceptual world opened up by Maxwell's equations. I will very briefly sketch, in particular, how very natural extensions of those equations describe superconductivity and the deep structure of fundamental particle interactions. Then I'll show how a newer cluster of extensions connects ideas about (perhaps no longer all that) exotic quantum particles and materials.

Authors

  • Frank Wilczek

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology