Beschreibung:
This book will take readers through the life and 60-year career of Prof. Benjamin Lax, a preeminent physicist who played a large role in the development and applications of solid state physics.
1. Early Years in Miskolc, Hungary, 1915-1926. 2. School Days in Brooklyn, 1926-1936. 3. College Days - Brooklyn College and Cooper Union 1936-1942. 4. Army Days and the MIT Radiation Laboratory, 1942-1945. 5. Graduate School in Physics at MIT, 1946-1949. 6. Postdoctoral Work at Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, 1949-1951. 7. MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 1951-1965. 8. Frances Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, 1958-1981. 9. Professor of Physics at MIT, 1965-1981. 10. Emeritus Years and Consulting, 1981-2006. Selected Publications of Prof. Benjamin Lax. Theses Supervised or Mentored by Prof. Benjamin Lax.