Presents collections of the Nobel Lectures delivered by the prizewinners, together with their biographies, portraits and the presentation speeches for the period 1981-1990. New biographical data of the laureates, since they were awarded the Nobel Prize, are also included.
Author(s): Gosta Ekspong
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Year: 1993
Language: English
Pages: 233
1990 JEROME I FRIEDMAN, HENRY W KENDALL and RICHARD E TAYLOR......Page 0
Title Page......Page 2
Foreword......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
1981 NICOLAAS BLOEMBERGEN, ARTHUR L SCHAWLOW and KAI M SIEGBAHN......Page 11
Presentation by Ingvar Lindgren......Page 12
Biography of Nicolaas Bloembergen......Page 16
Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy......Page 21
Biography of Arthur L Schawlow......Page 42
Spectroscopy in a New Light......Page 45
Biography of Kai M Siegbahn......Page 69
Electron Spectroscopy for Atoms, Molecules and Condensed Matte......Page 71
1982 KENNETH G WILSON......Page 101
Presentation by Stig Lundqvist......Page 102
Biography of Kenneth G Wilson......Page 105
The Renormalization Group and Critical Phenomena......Page 108
1983 SUBRAHMANYAN CHANDRASEKHAR and WILLIAM A FOWLER......Page 139
Presentation by Sven Johansson......Page 140
Biography of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar......Page 144
On Stars, their Evolution and their Stability......Page 147
Biography of William A Fowler......Page 171
Experimental and Theoretical Nuclear Astrophysics; The Quest for the Origin of the Elements......Page 176
