Walter Kohn: Personal Stories and Anecdotes Told by Friends and Collaborators

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Walter Kohn as Ph.D. Advisor....Pages 1-2
Memories of Walter Kohn at Bell Labs and After....Pages 3-5
Walter Kohn: My Ideal of a “Man of Science”....Pages 6-9
A Twinkle in the Eyes....Pages 10-11
The Max von Laue Kolloquium at the Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin ....Pages 12-14
More Than a Founding Father....Pages 15-19
Walter Kohn, the Chemist....Pages 20-22
Looking 50 Years Back: Walter, on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday....Pages 23-25
Meeting Walter Kohn....Pages 26-29
Of Sandboxes and Silences....Pages 30-31
A Glimpse of Walter Kohn....Pages 32-34
Quantum Reflections....Pages 35-38
Not a Relative, but …....Pages 39-41
Riding Walter’s Wake....Pages 42-46
Paris Acquaintances....Pages 47-47
Walter Kohn and the UCSB Campus....Pages 48-49
Principle and Practice....Pages 50-51
Thanksgiving at the Kohns....Pages 52-53
Walter Kohn and UC Policy....Pages 54-56
Walter Kohn and the Australian Psyche....Pages 57-59
Reunion in History....Pages 60-62
For Rappa on His 80 th Birthday from Terry....Pages 63-65
Meeting Walter Kohn in Internment Camp....Pages 66-67
Meeting Walter Kohn....Pages 68-68
Impressions of Walter Kohn....Pages 69-71
Reminiscences of Walter....Pages 72-73
To Know How to Count …....Pages 74-75
My Friend and Colleague Walter Kohn....Pages 76-77
Working with Walter....Pages 78-80
A Chinese Portrait of Walter Kohn....Pages 81-81
Memories of Walter Kohn in Santa Barbara....Pages 82-84
Thinking Back....Pages 85-88
Thank You Walter for All You Have Taught Us....Pages 89-90
Vision Realized in Details: To Walter on His 80 th Birthday....Pages 91-92
Walter Kohn in Japan....Pages 93-95
My Favorite “Walter Story”....Pages 96-96
Walter Kohn as a Scientist and a Citizen....Pages 97-98
A Personal Tribute to Walter Kohn on His 80 th Birthday....Pages 99-102
Recollections of a Long Friendship....Pages 103-105
My Recollections of Professor Walter Kohn....Pages 106-108
With Walter: 40 Years of Friendship....Pages 109-111
The Noble Day....Pages 112-114
The Pleasure of Getting to Know Walter Kohn....Pages 115-115
Happy Birthday Walter!....Pages 116-117
Memories of a Great Scientist and a Great Person....Pages 118-119
Many Happy Returns, Walter!....Pages 120-121
A Postdoc with Walter....Pages 122-123
Reminiscences on the Occasion of Walter Kohn’s 80 th Birthday....Pages 124-126
Some Recollections About Walter and His Work....Pages 127-131
Romancing the Theorem....Pages 132-134
Crete, June 1998....Pages 135-137
Recollections of Walter Kohn....Pages 138-139
Walter Kohn — Points of Impact....Pages 140-143
KKR — Reminiscences About Walter Kohn....Pages 144-145
Cecam’s Visitor!....Pages 146-147
Nobel Mania....Pages 148-152
Walter’s Contagious Conscience....Pages 153-154
Memorable Moments with Walter Kohn....Pages 155-159
Impressions of Walter Kohn....Pages 160-164
… Small Matters....Pages 165-166
Walter Kohn in Cracow....Pages 167-170
Walter Kohn....Pages 171-172
A Class with Class....Pages 173-176
Great Influences in a Small Country....Pages 177-180
Walter’s Group Parties....Pages 181-182
He Did Effective-Mass Theory Too!....Pages 183-184
Thoughts and Recollections of a Remarkable Man....Pages 185-186
The Bonding of Quantum Physics with Quantum Chemistry....Pages 187-191
My Meetings with Walter Kohn....Pages 192-193
The Greatest Gift Is Something Worth Thinking About....Pages 194-195
Vignettes: Switzerland, Australia, Santa Barbara....Pages 196-197
Theory Versus Reality....Pages 198-199
Recollections of Walter in La Jolla and Zurich....Pages 200-205
I am Happy that the R Stands for Rostoker....Pages 206-207
It Started with Image Charges....Pages 208-210
A Math Teacher’s Little Poem....Pages 211-211
Stories About Walter....Pages 212-213
A Special Reunion....Pages 214-215
Walking and Talking in Berlin....Pages 216-223
My Personal Walter Kohn Story....Pages 224-226
Walter Kohn and Vienna....Pages 227-230
We Met at the Institute in Copenhagen....Pages 231-233
Happy Birthday, Walter....Pages 234-237
A Mean Martini....Pages 238-240
Lunch with Walter....Pages 241-243
Act of Compassion....Pages 244-245
Some Recollections of Life with Walter Kohn....Pages 246-248
Bonjour Mon Très Cher Ami et Bonne Anniversaire....Pages 249-251
Walter Kohn and Boris Regal: The Early Days of ITP....Pages 252-256
Flashback to My Post-doc Days with Walter....Pages 257-259
A Challenge to My Own Scientific Thoughts....Pages 260-261
Walter Kohn’s Influence on One Engineer....Pages 262-263
A Tribute to Walter Kohn....Pages 264-266
Encounters with Walter: From the Mysterious Second “K” to the Local Secretary....Pages 267-272
An Encounter with Walter Kohn in Orsay....Pages 273-274
Walter Kohn, World Citizen and Professor Extraordinaire....Pages 275-279
Meeting with Walter Kohn....Pages 280-281
My Experience of Working with Walter....Pages 282-284
Walter Kohn: Mentor and Role Model....Pages 285-287
The Scientist and Human Values....Pages 288-292
Back Matter....Pages 293-309