Walter Kohn Personal Stories and Anecdotes Told by Friends and Collaborators

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Matthias Scheffler (Editore), Weinberger (Editore), Weinberger (Editore), M. Scheffler (Editore), Matthia Scheffler (Editore), P. Weinberger (Editore), Peter Weinberger (Editore)
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 29.03.2004
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9783540208099
• ISBN: 978-3-540-20809-9
• Numero di pagine: 310
• Illustrazioni: XVIII, 310 p.
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 23.5 x 1.7 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 499 g
• Serie: Springer Series in Optical Sciences > Vol.80; Springer Series in Optical Sciences > 80
• Categorie: Physikalische Chemie, C, BONDING, Physics, Quantum Physics, Physics and Astronomy, Physics, general, Physical Chemistry, Quantum theory, Quantum Chemistry, Walter Kohn