| Walter Kohn: Personal Stories and Anecdotes Told by Friends and Collaborators Contributor(s): Scheffler, Matthias (Editor), Weinberger, Peter (Editor), Kohn, Walter (Other) |
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ISBN: 3540008055 ISBN-13: 9783540008057 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Mathematics - Science | Physics - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003045631 |
| Physical Information: 309 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
