| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 162 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Edward Teller's poem on theory and experiment on White House stationery [facsimile] -- Preface / Stephen B. Libby and Karl A. van Bibber -- Brief reflections on Edward Teller's scientific life at Livermore / C. Bruce Tarter -- Edward Teller returns to Los Alamos / Siegfried S. Hecker -- Edward Teller biographical memoir / Stephen B. Libby and Andrew M. Sessler -- Conical intersections, light cones, and mode conversion / Robert G. Littlejohn -- Edward Teller and nuclei: along the trail to the neutrino / Wick Haxton -- Surprises in high Energy density physics / Steven J. Rose -- Plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion / Nathaniel J. Fisch -- Monte Carlo methods in the physical sciences / Malvin H. Kalos -- Teller on energy / Janos Kirz -- Edward Teller and higher education / John F. Holzrichter -- Message to the next generation / Edward Teller |
| Summary |
This proceedings volume, for the symposium in honor of Edward Teller's 100th anniversary, focuses on Teller's scientific legacy. This legacy includes some of the most fundamental insights into the quantum behaviors of molecules, nuclei, surfaces, solid state and spin systems and plasmas. Many of these are "brand names" from the canon of 20th-century physics and chemistry, such as Gamow-Teller transitions, the Jahn-Teller effect, Goldhaber-Teller resonances, the Lyddane-Sachs-Teller relation, the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller equation of state, and the MR2T2 algorithm. All of these have had a profound and continuing impact on science - as has Teller's work on level crossing, diamagnetism, and plasma and statistical physics. The legacies of these discoveries are discussed in this volume, as is Teller's role in applied science and education |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Teller, Edward, 1908-2003 -- Congresses
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Teller, Edward, 1908-2003 |
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Physicists -- United States -- Congresses
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Physics -- United States -- History -- Congresses
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Science -- United States -- History -- Congresses
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Nuclear.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Atomic & Molecular.
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Physicists
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Physics
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Science
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Libby, Stephen B
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Van Bibber, Karl A
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Edward Teller Centennial Symposium (2008 : Livermore, Calif.)
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| ISBN |
9789812838001 |
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9812838007 |
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