ENGLISH

The joy of discovery : great encounters along the way

By Walter E Thirring

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific
Year
2011
ISBN
9789814322973, 9814322970
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1697538 bytes)
Pages
207\207
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2013-04-15 18:00:00

Description

Walter Thirring is the last offspring of an Austrian family of scientists. In this moving narrative, he describes how he survived the Nazi occupation and became instrumental in reconstructing European science. Thirring is one of the last living physicists who worked on the greatest discoveries and with the greatest scientists of the 20th century. He recollects encounters with the old masters like Einstein, Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Pauli and others as well as his collaborations with the present stars like Murray Gell-Mann and Elliott Lieb. The book presents the challenges faced when one of the Read more... Family Background/Childhood; Stolen Youth (1938-1945); Training and Education (1945-1959); Master Years (1959 and After); Return to Vienna (1971); What has Scientific Research Achieved?

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