Proceedings Of The Julian Schwinger Centennial Conference

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Proceedings Of The Julian Schwinger Centennial Conference is written by Berthold-georg Englert and published by World Scientific. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9811213151 (ISBN 10) and 9789811213151 (ISBN 13).

The Julian Schwinger Centennial Conference of 2018 assembled many of Schwinger's students, colleagues, and friends to celebrate this towering figure of twentieth century physics one hundred years after his birth. This proceedings volume collects talks delivered on this occasion. They cover a wide range of topics, all related to Schwinger's rich scientific legacy — supplemented by personal recollections about Julian Schwinger, the physicist, the teacher, and the gentleman.Also included are an essay of 1985, co-authored by Schwinger but not published previously, as well as the transcripts of speeches by distinguished colleagues at the 1978 gathering when Schwinger's sixtieth birthday was celebrated.