LEADER 03113nam 2200505 450 001 9910717426603321 005 20230801215722.0 010 $a9783031271250$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031271243 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-27125-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7240956 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7240956 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-27125-0 035 $a(OCoLC)1377818572 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926516355200041 100 $a20230801d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChaim L. Pekeris and the Art of Applying Mathematics with WEIZAC, 1955-1963 /$fLeo Corry and Raya Leviathan 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland AG,$d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (130 pages) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology Series 311 08$aPrint version: Corry, Leo Chaim L. Pekeris and the Art of Applying Mathematics with WEIZAC, 1955-1963 Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031271243 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction: Pekeris, Computing and Applied Mathematics -- 2. Numerical Analysis in the Age of Electronic Computing -- 3. Integral Equations -- 4. Oscillations of the Earth -- 5. Ground State of Helium -- 6. Additional Research with Weizac -- 7. Concluding Remarks ? Mathematics at Wis, Applied and Pure -- 8. References. 330 $aThis book describes the groundbreaking work of Chaim Leib Pekeris and his collaborators. Between 1955 and 1963 they used the first electronic computer built in Israel, the Weizmann Automatic Computer (WEIZAC), to develop powerful numerical methods that helped achieve new and accurate solutions of the Boltzmann equation, calculate energy levels of the helium atom, produce detailed geophysical and seismological models derived from the study of the free oscillations of the earth, and refine models used to predict meteorological phenomena and global oceanic tides. This book provides a unique account of the pioneering work of Chaim L. Pekeris in applied mathematics and explains in detail the background to the rise of the Weizmann Institute as a world-class center of scientific excellence. This hitherto untold story is of great interest to historians of twentieth-century science with special emphasis on the application of computer-assisted numerical methods in various branches of mathematical physics. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in history of science and technology. 606 $aComputer science$xMathematics 606 $aComputers 615 0$aComputer science$xMathematics. 615 0$aComputers. 676 $a004.0151 700 $aCorry$b Leo$0621465 702 $aLeviathan$b Raya 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910717426603321 996 $aChaim L. Pekeris and the Art of Applying Mathematics with WEIZAC, 1955-1963$93418768 997 $aUNINA