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Ramamurti Shankar

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April 28, 1947

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Ramamurti Shankar (born April 28, 1947) is the John Randolph Huffman Professor of Physics at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut. His research is in theoretical condensed matter physics, although he is also known for his earlier work in theoretical particle physics. In 2009, Shankar was awarded the Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize from the American Physical Society for "innovative applications of field theoretic techniques to quantum condensed matter systems". He received his B. Tech in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras and his Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics from the University of California, Berkeley (1974). After three years at the Harvard Society of Fellows, he joined the Yale physics dep ...more

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Average rating: 4.26 · 1,194 ratings · 59 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Principles of Quantum Mechanics 4.23 avg rating — 893 ratings — published 1980 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics (The Open Yale Courses Series) 4.49 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fundamentals of Physics II: Electromagnetism, Optics, and Quantum Mechanics (Volume 2) (The Open Yale Courses Series) 4.46 avg rating — 59 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Basic Training in Mathematics: A Fitness Program for Science Students 4.07 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quantum Field Theory and Condensed Matter: An Introduction (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	School Debate Book: Tips and Tricks for Winning Debates” 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flexible Kalina Cycle Systems by Tangellapalli Srinivas, N. Shankar Ganesh (Contributor), Ramamurti Shankar (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You cannot say, "I will look it up." Your birthday and social security number are things you look up; trigonometric functions and identities are what you know all the time.”
― R. Shankar, Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics

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“I find imaginary numbers useful when computing my tax deductions.”
― R. Shankar

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