Ken Wilson: A scientific appreciation

Ken Wilson: a scientific appreciation.

Ken Wilson — The Early Years ∗

Ken Wilson’s life-time achievements in fundamental theoretical physics are well known and are well documented in this memorial volume. Therefore, there is no purpose in my adding yet another appreciation of his seminal work. Rather, I shall describe Ken and some of his activities at the beginning of his career, when he was junior faculty at Cornell and I was his student — one of two in the firs...

George Hess: A scientific appreciation.

The recent passing of George Hess (1926–2015) has left a deep void in Cornell University’s Biochemistry department, and in the hearts of his many friends and admirers. He is sorely missed by his scientific friends and by his loving family. George Hess was born in Vienna, Austria, where he lived in an apartment on the Ringstrasse with his parents, Heinrich and Edith Mueller Hess, and maternal gr...

Kenneth Geddes Wilson, 1936-2013, An Appreciation

Kenneth G. Wilson made deep and insightful contributions to statistical physics, particle physics, and related fields. He was also a helpful and thoughtful human being. ∗e-mail: [email protected]

The cultural understanding and appreciation of the scientific approach.

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