Buch, Englisch, 412 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1310 g
His Work and Legacy
Buch, Englisch, 412 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1310 g
ISBN: 978-3-642-06053-3
Verlag: Springer
Enrico Fermi’s scientific work, noted for its originality and breadth, has had lasting consequences throughout modern science. Written by close colleagues as well as scientists whose fields were profoundly influenced by Fermi, the papers collected here constitute a tribute to him and his scientific legacy. They were commissioned on the occasion of his 100th birthday by the Italian Physical Society and confirm that Fermi was a rare combination of theorist, experimentalist, teacher, and inspiring colleague. The book is organized into three parts: three biographical overviews by close colleagues, replete with personal insights; fourteen analyses of Fermi's impact by specialists in their fields, spanning physics, chemistry, mathematics, and engineering; and a year-by-year chronology of Fermi’s scientific endeavors. Written for a general scientific audience, Enrico Fermi: His Work and Legacy offers a highly readable source on the life of one of the 20th century's most distinguished scientists and a must for everybody interested in the history of modern science.
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Enrico Fermi. His life and a comment on his work.- Commemoration talks.- Enrico Fermi and Solid State Physics.- Fermi’s statistics.- Classical mechanics and the quantum revolution in Fermi’s early works.- On the adiabatic invariants.- Fermi’s coordinates and the Principle of Equivalence.- Fermi and quantum electrodynamics.- Weak interactions.- Nuclear physics from the nineteen thirties to the present day.- The birth of nuclear energy: Fermi’s pile.- From the Chicago Pile 1 to the next-generation reactors.- Reactors and nuclear technology: Development in the world.- The scientific legacy of Fermi in particle physics.- Enrico Fermi’s contribution to non-linear systems: The influence of an unpublished article.- Fermi’s last lessons.- Enrico Fermi’s scientific work.- Fermi’s bibliography related to the papers presented in this book.- Analytical index.
