Herwig Schopper Scientist and Diplomat in a Changing World
This open access book is both a memoir and a biography. Born in Czechoslovakia in 1924, Herwig Schopper is one of the few people able to bear witness to 100 years of European history. His career has taken him from research to management to diplomacy, with a major part devoted to, and inspired by, CE...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing
2024.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2024. |
| Colección: | Springer Biographies,
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009836130006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Origins:1924 – 1939
- The War Years: 1939 – 1945
- Studies at Hamburg: 1945 – 1950
- At Stockholm with Lise Meitner: 1950 – 1951
- Erlangen and Cambridge: 1954 – 1959
- Mainz: 1959 – 1960
- At Cornell with Robert Rathbun Wilson: 1960 – 1961
- Karlsruhe: 1961 - 1973
- A user at DESY and CERN: 1967 – 1973
- Director of DESY: 1973 – 1980
- Director-General of CERN: 1981 – 1988
- A busy retirement: 1989 – now
- SESAME: 1998 – now
- Epilogue: The place of science in the modern world.
