Article ID: CBB900332108

A Life in Statistical Mechanics (2017)

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This is the first part of an oral history interview on the lifelong involvement of Joel Lebowitz in the development of statistical mechanics. Here the covered topics include the formative years, which overlapped the tragic period of Nazi power and World War II in Europe, the emigration to the United States in 1946 and the schooling there. It also includes the beginnings and early scientific works with Peter Bergmann, Oliver Penrose and many others. The second part will appear in a forthcoming issue of Eur. Phys. J. H.

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Authors & Contributors
Andrea Paula dos Santos Oliveira Kamensky
Peliti, Luca
Rogers, David M.
Wilson, F. J. H.
Yang, Jian
Tavel, Morton
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Substantia: An International Journal of the History of Chemistry
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Korean Journal of Medical History
Historical Records of Australian Science
Publishers
Pavia University Press
University of Southampton (United Kingdom)
World Scientific
Rutgers University Press
Birkhäuser
Cambridge University Press
Concepts
Statistical mechanics
Physics
Oral history
Quantum mechanics
Mechanics
Philosophy of science
People
Einstein, Albert
Maxwell, James Clerk
Palmer, Daniel David
Hodgkin, Dorothy Crowfoot
Weber, Heinrich
Robinson, Robert
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
United States
Great Britain
West Germany
France
Europe
China
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