Walter Kohn [E-Book] : Personal Stories and Anecdotes Told by Friends and Collaborators / edited by Matthias Scheffler, Peter Weinberger.
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 imp...
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Personal Name(s): | Scheffler, Matthias, editor |
Weinberger, Peter, editor | |
Imprint: |
Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer,
2003
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Physical Description: |
XVIII, 310 p. online resource. |
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englisch |
ISBN: |
9783642556098 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-642-55609-8 |
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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. |