The joy of discovery [[electronic resource] ] : great encounters along the way / / Walter Thirring

• Autore: Thirring Walter
• Pubblicazione: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.092
• Soggetto topico: Physicists
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The joy of discovery
• ISBN: 1-283-14509-X; 9786613145093; 981-4322-97-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807122203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II