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| Title | Essays on the Future : In Honor of Nick Metropolis |
| Author(s) | Hecker, Siegfried;Rota, Gian-Carlo |
| Publication | Boston, MA, 1. Birkh??user Boston
2. Imprint: Birkh??user, 2000. |
| Description | XVII, 276 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This collection represents a unique undertaking in scientific publishing to honor Nick Metropolis. Nick was the last survivor of the World War II Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, and was an important member of the Los Alamos national Laboratory until his death in October, 1999. In this volume, some of the leading scientists and humanists of our time have contributed essays related to their respective disciplines, exploring various aspects of future developments in science and society, philosophy, national security, nuclear power, pure and applied mathematics, physics and biology, particle physics, computing, and information science |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461207771 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Heavy ions
4. HISTORY
5. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
6. History of Mathematical Sciences
7. MATHEMATICS
8. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
9. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
10. PHYSICS
11. Physics, general
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| Item Type | eBook |
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