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Ed Gerjuoy, "Recollections of Oppenheimer and Schwinger"
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2011-04-11T18:52:55.000Z
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Ed Gerjuoy, "Recollections of Oppenheimer and Schwinger"
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Recollections of Oppenheimer and Schwinger, a talk given by Prof. Edward Gerjuoy, (University of Pittsburgh) at the Institute for Theoretical, Atomic and Molecular and Optical Physics, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge Massachusetts, November 3, 2009 The career of J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was born on April 22, 1904, was celebrated in a June, 2004 Los Alamos Symposium, wherein I recalled my experiences as a Ph.D. student of Oppenheimer's in Berkeley, California during the period August 1938 to January 1942. I shall recount some of these recollections, concentrating on conveying a portrait of Oppenheimer as creator and inspiration of probably the most important pre-war United States school of theoretical physics. During a portion of this period (the 1940 academic year) Julian Schwinger, who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize for the development of the modern formulation of quantum electrodynamics and deservedly has been termed a genius, was employed as what today would be termed Oppenheimer's post doc. Therefore, especially because Schwinger now seems almost forgotten, although he died only fifteen years ago (on July 16, 1994), I also will recall some of Schwinger's interactions with Oppenheimer and Oppenheimer's students including myself, in an attempt to convey some comprehension of Schwinger's astonishing theoretical physics talents. © Harvard University and Edward Gerjuoy. The text and images on ITAMP's YouTube channel are intended for public access and educational use. This material is owned or held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. It is being provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research or enrichment. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. ITAMP is supported through grants by the National Science Foundation Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s).
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atomic molecular optical "condensed matter physics" "ultracold atoms" molecules "optical lattices" "theoretical physics" "atomic physics" "theoretical atomic physics" "theoretical molecular physics" "chemical physics" "Bose-Einstein condensation" "quantum computing" "quantum computation" physics
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