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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- 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.