Edward Teller Centennial Symposium : modern physics and the scientific legacy of Edward Teller : Livermore, CA, USA, 28 May 2008 / editors, Stephen B. Libby, Karl A. van Bibber.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Libby, Stephen B.

Van Bibber, Karl A.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Conference Name:

Edward Teller Centennial Symposium (2008 : Livermore, Calif.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teller, Edward, 1908-2003--Congresses.

Teller, Edward.

Teller, Edward, 1908-2003.

Physicists--United States--Congresses.

Physicists.

Physics--United States--History--Congresses.

Physics.

United States.

History.

Science--United States--History--Congresses.

Science.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 162 pages : illustrations, facsimile ; 24 cm + 2 DVDs (378 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, 2010.

Summary:

Accompanying DVDs contain an edited filmed record of the symposium.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Contains:

Edward Teller Centennial Symposium

ISBN:

981283799X

9789812837998

OCLC:

607546664