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Herwig Schopper : Scientist and Diplomat in a Changing World.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schopper, Herwig.
Other Authors: Gillies, James.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2024.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Springer Biographies Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Authors' Note
  • Notes from James Gillies
  • Notes from Herwig Schopper
  • Contents
  • 1 Early Years and Private Life
  • Seismic Political Changes
  • In His Own Words
  • The Wonders of Physics
  • Private Life
  • 2 The War Years
  • Basic Military Training
  • The Eastern Front
  • The End of the War
  • In His Own Words: A Visit to Sanssouci
  • References
  • 3 Studies in Hamburg 1945-1954
  • A Diploma in Optics
  • Restrictions on Nuclear Research in Germany Relax
  • Formative Years
  • In His Own Words: Family Matters
  • Reference
  • 4 A University Professor, and Establishing New Institutes
  • The Years at Erlangen
  • Measuring the Circular Polarisation of Gamma Rays
  • The First Spin-Polarised Proton Beam Source
  • Meeting Other Scientists
  • Moving to Mainz and the Foundation of MAMI
  • The Foundation of CERN and DESY Leads to Difficult Decisions
  • High-Energy Accelerators at Karlsruhe?
  • A Second CERN Laboratory and the SPS
  • Successes in Science
  • Accelerator Technology and Superconducting Cavities
  • In His Own Words: Who Cares About Neutrons? The Hadron Calorimeter
  • Reference
  • 5 The Travelling Years - Stockholm, Cambridge and Cornell
  • The Visible Spectrum and Beyond
  • A Sojourn in Stockholm with Lise Meitner
  • On to Cambridge
  • The Principle of Symmetry Invariance
  • An Early Experiment on Mirror Reflection Invariance
  • A Year at Cornell
  • In His Own Words: Learning About the English Way
  • Reference
  • 6 To DESY via CERN
  • A Tale of Two Machines
  • An Offer Too Good to Refuse-Back to Hamburg
  • DORIS: A Collider, not a Girl
  • The Discovery of Charm
  • Another Broken Symmetry-CP
  • DORIS's Last Particle Physics Hurrah!
  • From DORIS to PETRA
  • Synchrotron Radiation-A Valuable Spin-Off
  • The Electron Collider Race to 20 GeV
  • Physics at PETRA and the Discovery of the Gluon
  • A New Lease of Life for PETRA.
  • HERA-A Legacy
  • In His Own Words
  • The Chinese at DESY
  • Acknowledgements
  • References for Gluon Discovery
  • 7 Director-General of CERN
  • Electing the New Director-General and Reunifying the Lab
  • The LEP Proposal
  • A New Style for CERN
  • A Nobel Discovery
  • Spain Re-joins CERN: An Excursion in a Wheelchair
  • Portugal: Much Work in a Beautiful Country
  • Water at the End of the Tunnel
  • Building the Machine
  • The Decisions Were Made at the Bar
  • An Eye on the Future: Superconducting Cavities and Magnets
  • CERN Under the Microscope: The Kendrew and Abragam Committees
  • And the Answer is Three: The First Results from LEP
  • The Future of CERN
  • In His Own Words: Encounters with Remarkable People
  • A Prime Ministerial Visit
  • An Interesting Collaboration
  • Reference
  • 8 From Science to Science Diplomacy
  • ROSTE-Getting to Know Venice
  • The UNESCO International Basic Sciences Programme
  • The Nobel Prize-Winner and the President
  • Excursions into Nuclear Fusion
  • A Cuban Interlude
  • IUPAP Looks into the Role of Women in Physics
  • Forum Engelberg
  • The Foundation of the Cyprus Institute
  • In His Own Words: Exploring Cuba
  • References
  • 9 Travels to the Far East
  • China
  • The Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP)
  • A Friendship Across Cultures
  • Bismuth Germanium Oxide for the L3 Experiment at CERN
  • A Memorial to Chien-Shiung Wu
  • Taiwan ROC
  • Japan
  • The Subcontinent: Pakistan
  • India
  • Vietnam
  • In His Own Words: Memories from a Big Country
  • Reference
  • 10 The Large Machines: LEP, the LHC and Beyond
  • A Nail-Biting Finish
  • LEP's Contribution to Physics
  • Theory and Experiment
  • In His Own Words: Incredible Precision and a Lasting Legacy
  • References
  • 11 Science for Peace with SESAME and SEEIIST
  • The New Laboratory Takes Seed
  • UNESCO Takes the Lead
  • Securing BESSY.
  • The Formal Foundation of SESAME
  • Building the Laboratory
  • Towards the Third Generation
  • The Origins of SEEIIST
  • Two Concrete Studies
  • Phase 1 of SEEIIST
  • The Swiss Initiative
  • In His Own Words: Finding a Home for SESAME
  • References
  • 12 In His Own Words: Epilogue and Reflexions
  • Science at the Centre of My Life
  • The Importance of Fundamental Science and Technology in a Changing World
  • Scientific Careers in Changing Times
  • Public Understanding of Science
  • Sensationalism and Scientific Revolutions
  • Science, Politics and the Role of Forecasts
  • Is There a Universal Truth?
  • Is Technical and Social Progress Too Quick for the Human Mind?
  • What Are the Priorities in Politics?
  • A World in Transition
  • References
  • Some Important Publications by Herwig Schopper
  • Index.

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