Presents Nobel Lectures delivered by the prizewinners, together with their biographies, portraits and the presentation speeches for the period 1971-1980. New biographical data of the laureate since they were awarded the Nobel Prize, are also included.
Author(s): Stig Lundqvist
Series: Nobel lectures, including presentation speeches and laureates' biographies
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 272
1980JAMES W CRONIN and VAL L FITCH......Page 0
Title Page......Page 2
Foreword......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
1971 DENIS GABOR......Page 11
Presentation by Erik Ingelstam......Page 12
Biography of Denis Gabor......Page 16
Holography, 1948 -1971......Page 20
1972 JOHN BARDEEN, LEON N COOPER and J ROBERT SCHRIEFFER......Page 55
Presentation by Stig Lundqvist......Page 56
Presentation by Stig Lundqvist......Page 60
Electron-Phonon Interactions and Superconductivity......Page 63
Biography of Leon N Cooper......Page 80
Microscopic Quantum Interference Effects in the Theory of Superconductivity......Page 82
Biography of J Robert Schrieffer......Page 104
Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena from Pairing in Superconductors......Page 106
1973 LEO ESAKI, IVAR GIAEVER and BRIAN D JOSEPHSON......Page 118
Presentation by Stig Lundqvist......Page 119
Biography of Leo Esaki......Page 123
Long Journey into Tunneling......Page 124
Biography of Ivar Giaever......Page 143
Electron Tunneling and Superconductivity......Page 145
Biography of Brian D Josephson......Page 163
The Discovery of Tunnelling Supercurrents......Page 165
1974MARTIN RYLE and ANTONY HEWISH......Page 173
Presentation by Hans Wilhelmsson......Page 174
Biography of Antony Hewish......Page 178
Pulsars and High Density Physics......Page 181
Biography of Martin Ryle......Page 192
Radio Telescopes of Large Resolving Power......Page 194
1975 AAGE BOHR, BEN R MOTTELSON and JAMES RAINWATER......Page 211
Presentation by Sven Johansson......Page 212
Biography of Aage Bohr......Page 215
Rotational Motion in Nuclei......Page 217
Biography of Ben R Mottelson......Page 238
Elementary Modes of Excitation in the Nucleus......Page 239
Biography of James Rainwater......Page 259
Background for the Spheroidal Nuclear Model Proposal......Page 261