Walter Kohn: Personal Stories and Anecdotes Told by Friends and Collaborators

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540208097
• ISBN13: 9783540208099
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"