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Physics and Our World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 186

Physics and Our World

As the proceedings of a symposium in honor of Victor Weisskopf at MIT, this volume contains papers by leaders of physics at the time, including M Delbrck, M Gell-Mann, H Bethe, T D Lee, B R Mottelson, W K H Panofsky, E Purcell, J Schwinger, S M Ulam, and others. Some papers address problems in the philosophy of physics, and physics and society, that are timeless in nature. But the symposium had a historical significance, in that it took place at a historic juncture of particle physics OCo the emergence of the Standard Model owing to experiments that point to the existence of quarks. Some of the papers reflect both the pre-quark and post-quark points of view. For these reasons, these proceedings merit reissue and reexamination.

Physics and Society
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 258

Physics and Society

"The essays in this book are by some of the world's leading physicists, including seven Nobel Prize winners. The essays address topics ranging from Weisskopf's contributions to theoretical physics to more intimate views of his role as a teacher, friend, and humanist."--BOOK JACKET.

Physics and Our World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 171

Physics and Our World

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014
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  • Publisher: Unknown

As the proceedings of a symposium in honor of Victor Weisskopf at MIT, this volume contains papers by leaders of physics at the time, including M. DelbrÃ?ck, M. Gell-Mann, H. Bethe, T.D. Lee, B.R. Mottelson, W.K.H Panofsky, E. Purcell, J. Schwinger, S.M. Ulam, and others. Some papers address problems in the philosophy of physics, and physics and society, that are timeless in nature. But the symposium had a historical significance, in that it took place at a historic juncture of particle physics - the emergence of the Standard Model owing to experiments that point to the existence of quarks. Some of the papers reflect both the pre-quark and post-quark points of view. For these reasons, these proceedings merit reissue and reexamination.

Physics and Our World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 188

Physics and Our World

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Annotation As the proceedings of a symposium in honor of Victor Weisskopf at MIT, this volume contains papers by leaders of physics at the time, including M Delbrück, M Gell-Mann, H Bethe, T D Lee, B R Mottelson, W K H Panofsky, E Purcell, J Schwinger, S M Ulam, and others. Some papers address problems in the philosophy of physics, and physics and society, that are timeless in nature. But the symposium had a historical significance, in that it took place at a historic juncture of particle physics -- the emergence of the Standard Model owing to experiments that point to the existence of quarks. Some of the papers reflect both the pre-quark and post-quark points of view. for these reasons, these proceedings merit reissue and reexamination.

The Joy of Insight: Passions of a Physicist
  • Language: en

The Joy of Insight: Passions of a Physicist

In the 1930s, Victor Weisskopf worked with leading European physicists such as Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac and Wolfgang Pauli. His memoir recounts in simple language how quantum mechanics revolutionized physics and our understanding of matter. Weisskopf takes us to Los Alamos where he worked on the atom bomb during World War II after fleeing the Nazis, to CERN which he led in the early 1960s, and to MIT’s physics department where he taught until his retirement. Weisskopf also recounts his efforts towards nuclear disarmament and tells of his lifelong love of music and passion to understand and explain physics. “[Weisskopf’s] memoir provides a bright tile in the mosaic that...

The Privilege of Being a Physicist
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 235

The Privilege of Being a Physicist

These sixteen essays, written with the clarity and candor for which Weisskopf is well known, give us a glimpse into his life work-both as a theoretical physicist and as a spokesman for all of humanity.

Theoretical Nuclear Physics. John M. Blatt,... Victor F. Weisskopf,...
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 864
Knowledge and Wonder, second edition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 308

Knowledge and Wonder, second edition

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1979-11-15
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  • Publisher: MIT Press

More than 100,000 copies of the first edition of Knowledge and Wonder have been sold, both in the U.S. and abroad. Written expressly for the general reader and beginning science student, the book describes our present scientific understanding of natural phenomena and the universality of that understanding and its human significance.