02452nam 2200553 a 450 991078854780332120230725045625.01-283-14509-X9786613145093981-4322-97-0(CKB)3360000000001419(EBL)731338(OCoLC)740446085(SSID)ssj0000637409(PQKBManifestationID)11941579(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000637409(PQKBWorkID)10696037(PQKB)11173301(WSP)00007903(Au-PeEL)EBL731338(CaPaEBR)ebr10479878(CaONFJC)MIL314509(MiAaPQ)EBC731338(EXLCZ)99336000000000141920110713e20112008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe joy of discovery[electronic resource] great encounters along the way /Walter ThirringSingapore ;Hackensack, N.J. World Scientific Pub. Co.20111 online resource (200 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-4322-96-2 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Preface; Family Background/Childhood (1927-1938); Stolen Youth (1938-1945); Training and Education (1945-1959); Master Years (1959 and After); Return to Vienna (1971); What has Scientific Research Achieved?; Picture Credits; Index of Names; Subject IndexWalter 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 thePhysicistsBiographyPhysicists530.092Thirring Walter61741MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788547803321The joy of discovery3742072UNINA