Walter Kohn Personal Stories and Anecdotes Told by Friends and Collaborators [Paperback]

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 of oral history about him, gathered - in anticipation of his 80th birthday - from former students, collaborators, fellow-scientists, and friends.

Walter Kohn as Ph.D. Advisor.- Memories of Walter Kohn at Bell Labs and After.- Walter Kohn: My Ideal of a Man of Science.- A Twinkle in the Eyes.- The Max von Laue Kolloquium at the Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin.- More Than a Founding Father.- Walter Kohn, the Chemist.- Looking 50 Years Back: Walter, on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday.- Meeting Walter Kohn.- Of Sandboxes and Silences.- A Glimpse of Walter Kohn.- Quantum Reflections.- Not a Relative, but &.- Riding Walters Wake.- Paris Acquaintances.- Walter Kohn and the UCSB Campus.- Principle and Practice.- Thanksgiving at the Kohns.- Walter Kohn and UC Policy.- Walter Kohn and the Australian Psyche.- Reunion in History.- For Rappa on His 80th Birthday from Terry.- Meeting Walter Kohn in Internment Camp.- Meeting Walter Kohn.- Impressions of Walter Kohn.- Reminiscences of Walter.- To Know How to Count &.- My Friend and Colleague Walter Kohn.- Working with Walter.- A Chinese Portrait of Walter Kohn.- Memories of Walter Kohn in Santa Barbara.- Thinking Back.- Thank You Walter for All You Have Taught Us.- Vision Realized in Details: To Walter on His 80th Birthday.- Walter Kohn in Japan.- My Favorite Walter Story.- Walter Kohn as a Scientist and a Citizen.- A Personal Tribute to Walter Kohn on His 80th Birthday.- Recollections of a Long Friendship.- My Recollections of Professor Walter Kohn.- Withls(