JAGDISH MEHRA and KIMBALL A. MILTON
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780198527459
- eISBN:
- 9780191709593
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198527459.003.0007
- Subject:
- Physics, History of Physics
In the beginning of June 1947, the Shelter Island Conference was held in New York to discuss the fundamental problems of quantum mechanics, of which J. Robert Oppenheimer was the acknowledged leader. ...
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In the beginning of June 1947, the Shelter Island Conference was held in New York to discuss the fundamental problems of quantum mechanics, of which J. Robert Oppenheimer was the acknowledged leader. Schwinger attended the conference upon the invitation of Oppenheimer. After his intensive work on the theory of waveguides at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Radiation Laboratory and return to the field of nuclear physics at Harvard University, Schwinger was about to confront the problems of quantum electrodynamics at Shelter Island. This chapter deals with Schwinger's work on quantum electrodynamics, Hans Bethe's calculation of the Lamb shift, Richard Feynman, Schwinger's lecture at the American Physical Society's meeting in New York in 1948 in which he reported his initial results on the Lamb shift and the calculation of the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron, and his participation in the Pocono Conference of 1948.Less
In the beginning of June 1947, the Shelter Island Conference was held in New York to discuss the fundamental problems of quantum mechanics, of which J. Robert Oppenheimer was the acknowledged leader. Schwinger attended the conference upon the invitation of Oppenheimer. After his intensive work on the theory of waveguides at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Radiation Laboratory and return to the field of nuclear physics at Harvard University, Schwinger was about to confront the problems of quantum electrodynamics at Shelter Island. This chapter deals with Schwinger's work on quantum electrodynamics, Hans Bethe's calculation of the Lamb shift, Richard Feynman, Schwinger's lecture at the American Physical Society's meeting in New York in 1948 in which he reported his initial results on the Lamb shift and the calculation of the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron, and his participation in the Pocono Conference of 1948.
Mary Palevsky
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520220553
- eISBN:
- 9780520923652
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520220553.003.0002
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
Hans Bethe stood as the author's portal on the quest to understand the people and times that had created the first weapon capable of breaking the world. Born in Germany in 1906, Bethe experienced ...
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Hans Bethe stood as the author's portal on the quest to understand the people and times that had created the first weapon capable of breaking the world. Born in Germany in 1906, Bethe experienced firsthand the rise of nationalism in response to the harsh provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. In 1943, Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Los Alamos lab, asked Bethe to head the Theoretical Division of the bomb-building project. This chapter presents Bethe's recollections on the discovery of the fissioning nucleus; the war with Germany; the early days of discovery leading to the development of the atomic weapon; as well as his feelings about the bomb's use during the war and his devotion to preventing its use after the war.Less
Hans Bethe stood as the author's portal on the quest to understand the people and times that had created the first weapon capable of breaking the world. Born in Germany in 1906, Bethe experienced firsthand the rise of nationalism in response to the harsh provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. In 1943, Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Los Alamos lab, asked Bethe to head the Theoretical Division of the bomb-building project. This chapter presents Bethe's recollections on the discovery of the fissioning nucleus; the war with Germany; the early days of discovery leading to the development of the atomic weapon; as well as his feelings about the bomb's use during the war and his devotion to preventing its use after the war.
