| Walter Kohn: Personal Stories and Anecdotes Told by Friends and Collaborators Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Scheffler, Matthias (Editor), Weinberger, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540208097 ISBN-13: 9783540208099 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Mathematics - Science | Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical |
| Dewey: 530.092 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.03 lbs) 310 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. |
