UID:
almahu_9949199550702882
Format:
XVIII, 310 p.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2003.
ISBN:
9783642556098
Content:
This is not a science book, nor even a book about science, although most of the contributors are scientists. It is a book of personal stories about Walter Kohn, a theoretical physicist and winner of half of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Walter Kohn originated and/or refined a number of very important theoretical approaches and concepts in solid-state physics. He is known in particular for Density-Functional Theory. This book represents a kind of "oral history" about him, gathered - in anticipation of his 80th birthday - from former students, collaborators, fellow-scientists, and friends.
Note:
Walter Kohn as Ph.D. Advisor -- Memories of Walter Kohn at Bell Labs and After -- Walter Kohn: My Ideal of a "Man of Science" -- A Twinkle in the Eyes -- The Max von Laue Kolloquium at the Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin -- More Than a Founding Father -- Walter Kohn, the Chemist -- Looking 50 Years Back: Walter, on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday -- Meeting Walter Kohn -- Of Sandboxes and Silences -- A Glimpse of Walter Kohn -- Quantum Reflections -- Not a Relative, but ... -- Riding Walter's Wake -- Paris Acquaintances -- Walter Kohn and the UCSB Campus -- Principle and Practice -- Thanksgiving at the Kohns -- Walter Kohn and UC Policy -- Walter Kohn and the Australian Psyche -- Reunion in History -- For Rappa on His 80th Birthday from Terry -- Meeting Walter Kohn in Internment Camp -- Meeting Walter Kohn -- Impressions of Walter Kohn -- Reminiscences of Walter -- To Know How to Count ... -- My Friend and Colleague Walter Kohn -- Working with Walter -- A Chinese Portrait of Walter Kohn -- Memories of Walter Kohn in Santa Barbara -- Thinking Back -- Thank You Walter for All You Have Taught Us -- Vision Realized in Details: To Walter on His 80th Birthday -- Walter Kohn in Japan -- My Favorite "Walter Story" -- Walter Kohn as a Scientist and a Citizen -- A Personal Tribute to Walter Kohn on His 80th Birthday -- Recollections of a Long Friendship -- My Recollections of Professor Walter Kohn -- With Walter: 40 Years of Friendship -- The Noble Day -- The Pleasure of Getting to Know Walter Kohn -- Happy Birthday Walter! -- Memories of a Great Scientist and a Great Person -- Many Happy Returns, Walter! -- A Postdoc with Walter -- Reminiscences on the Occasion of Walter Kohn's 80th Birthday -- Some Recollections About Walter and His Work -- Romancing the Theorem -- Crete, June 1998 -- Recollections of Walter Kohn -- Walter Kohn - Points of Impact -- KKR - Reminiscences About Walter Kohn -- Cecam's Visitor! -- Nobel Mania -- Walter's Contagious Conscience -- Memorable Moments with Walter Kohn -- Impressions of Walter Kohn -- ... Small Matters -- Walter Kohn in Cracow -- Walter Kohn -- A Class with Class -- Great Influences in a Small Country -- Walter's Group Parties -- He Did Effective-Mass Theory Too! -- Thoughts and Recollections of a Remarkable Man -- The Bonding of Quantum Physics with Quantum Chemistry -- My Meetings with Walter Kohn -- The Greatest Gift Is Something Worth Thinking About -- Vignettes: Switzerland, Australia, Santa Barbara -- Theory Versus Reality -- Recollections of Walter in La Jolla and Zurich -- I am Happy that the R Stands for Rostoker -- It Started with Image Charges -- A Math Teacher's Little Poem -- Stories About Walter -- A Special Reunion -- Walking and Talking in Berlin -- My Personal Walter Kohn Story -- Walter Kohn and Vienna -- We Met at the Institute in Copenhagen -- Happy Birthday, Walter -- A Mean Martini -- Lunch with Walter -- Act of Compassion -- Some Recollections of Life with Walter Kohn -- Bonjour Mon Très Cher Ami et Bonne Anniversaire -- Walter Kohn and Boris Regal: The Early Days of ITP -- Flashback to My Post-doc Days with Walter -- A Challenge to My Own Scientific Thoughts -- Walter Kohn's Influence on One Engineer -- A Tribute to Walter Kohn -- Encounters with Walter: From the Mysterious Second "K" to the Local Secretary -- An Encounter with Walter Kohn in Orsay -- Walter Kohn, World Citizen and Professor Extraordinaire -- Meeting with Walter Kohn -- My Experience of Working with Walter -- Walter Kohn: Mentor and Role Model -- The Scientist and Human Values -- Appendix I-Autobiography -- Appendix II- A Musical.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783540208099
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783540008057
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783642556104
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-55609-8
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55609-8
