Background
The son of a London taxi driver, Berry has a Bachelor of Science in physics from the University of Exeter and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Saint Andrews.
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General relativity and quantum mechanics have become the two central pillars of theoretical physics. Moreover, general relativity has important applications in astrophysics and high-energy particle physics. Covering the fundamentals of the subject, Principles of Cosmology and Gravitation describes the universe as revealed by observations and presents a theoretical framework to enable important cosmological formulae to be derived and numerical calculations performed. Avoiding elaborate formal discussions, the book presents a practical approach that focuses on the general theory of relativity. It examines different evolutionary models and the gravitational effects of massive bodies. The book also includes a large number of worked examples and problems, half with solutions.
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The son of a London taxi driver, Berry has a Bachelor of Science in physics from the University of Exeter and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Saint Andrews.
University of Street Andrews.
He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1982 and knighted in 1996. From 2006 he has been editor of the journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society. He is known for the Berry phase, a phenomenon observed e.g. in quantum mechanics and optics.
He specialises in semiclassical physics (asymptotic physics, quantum chaos), applied to wave phenomena in quantum mechanics and other areas such as optics.
He is also currently affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University in California. Since then, he has spent his whole career at the University of Bristol: research fellow, 1965-1967.
Lecturer, 1967-1974. Reader, 1974-1978. Professor of Physics, 1978-1988.
Royal Society Research Professor since 1988.
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Royal Society; National Academy of Sciences. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Royal Society of Edinburgh.