Schrödinger, centenary celebration of a polymath

Author(s)

• Kilmister, C. W. (Clive William)

Bibliographic Information

Schrödinger, centenary celebration of a polymath

edited by C.W. Kilmister

Cambridge University Press, 1989, c1987

1st pbk. ed

Note

First published in 1987

Papers presented at a conference, March 31-Apr. 3, 1987, at Imperial College, London

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Schroedinger's influence in almost every field of science is still felt. He was a man who single-handedly reshaped thinking in cosmology, wave mechanics, statistical mechanics, unified field theories, theoretical chemistry and molecular biology. In this volume, which was prepared in 1987 to celebrate the centenary of Schroedinger's birth, leading figures in all these fields have collaborated to produce this carefully integrated and edited survey of the man and his science. Some of the contributions are biographical in nature, revealing much about the character of the man. Others deal with modern-day theories in different fields of science in which Schroedinger worked and his influence in those areas.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction C. W. Kilmister
• 2. Boltzmann's influence on Schroedinger Dieter Flamm
• 3. Schroedinger's original interpretation of the Schroedinger equation: a rescue attempt Jon Dorling
• 4. Are there quantum jumps? J. S. Bell
• 5. Square root of minus one, complex phases and Erwin Schroedinger Chen Ning Yung
• 6. Consequences of the Schroedinger equation for atomic and molecular physics W. E. Thirring
• 7. Molecular dynamics: from H + H, to biomolecules Martin Karplus
• 8. Orbital presentation of chemical reactions Kenichi Fukui
• 9. Quantum chemistry A. D. Buckingham
• 10. Eamon de Valera, Erwin Schroedinger and the Dublin Institute Sir William McCrea
• 11. Do bosons condense? J. T. Lewis
• 12. Schroedinger's nonlinear optics James McConnell
• 13. Schroedinger's unified field theory seen 40 years later O. Hittmair
• 14. The Schroedinger equation of the Universe S. W. Hawking
• 15. Overview of particle physics A. Salam
• 16. Gauge fields, topological defects and cosmology T. W. B. Kibble
• 17. Quantum theory and astronomy M. J. Seaton
• 18. Schroedinger's contributions to chemistry and biology Linus Pawling
• 19. Erwin Schroedinger's What is Life? and molecular biology M. F. Perutz.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA28495005
• ISBN:
  • 0521379296
• LCCN: 86028338
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 253 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QC16.S265
  • DC19 : 530/.092/4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961 -- Anniversaries, etc. -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Physics -- History -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Chemistry, Physical and theoretical -- History -- Congresses