Views of a physicist : selected papers of N.G. van Kampen /

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Author / Creator:Kampen, N. G. van.
Uniform title:Works. Selections. 2000
Imprint:Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2000.
Description:1 online resource (x, 290 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11170284
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Other authors / contributors:Meijer, Paul H. E. (Paul Herman Ernst), 1921-2017.
ISBN:9789812792624
9812792627
981024357X
9789810243579
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:N.G. van Kampen is a well-known theoretical physicist who has had a long and distinguished career. His research covers scattering theory, plasma physics, statistical mechanics, and various mathematical aspects of physics. In addition to his scientific work, he has written a number of papers about more general aspects of science. An indefatigable fighter for intellectual honesty and clarity, he has pointed out repeatedly that the fundamental ideas of physics have been needlessly obscured. As those papers appeared in various journals, partly in Dutch, it was felt that it would be worthwhile to collect them (translating the Dutch material into English) and make them available to a larger audience. This is a book of major importance to scientists and university teachers.
Other form:Print version: Kampen, N.G. van. Selections. 2000. Views of a physicist. Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2000 981024357X