The Quantum Gamble

12.06.2018

Englisch

9783319823997

Springer International Publishing

Nein

Jan C. A. Boeyens

169

Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition 2016

Taschenbuch

Born in South Africa in 1934, Jan Boeyens started his research career in Chemistry and Physics at the SA National Laboratories, Pretoria, South Africa and then moved on abroad to work in several prestigious universities, notably:- Stanford University, California, USA (Research Associate)- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (Professor of Theoretical Chemistry and Dean of Science)- Texas A & M University, USA (Visiting Professor)- Free University of Berlin, Germany (Guest Professor)- Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany (Regular Visiting Professor)- University of Pretoria, South Africa (Fellow: Unit for Advanced Study)In 1993, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) awarded him with their Research Prize for Theoretical Chemistry. During his research career, he has also received several South-African Research Awards.From 1996 to 2002, he was an executive member of the International Union of Crystallography.He has authored 275 refereed papers in Crystallography and Structure Theory, edited several Specialist Proceedings and has five books on Theoretical Chemistry and Cosmology to his credit. Prof. Jan Boeyens passed away in Pretoria, August 2015.

Space, Time and Matter, Quantum Theory, Cosmology, Theoretical Chemistry, Theoretical Physics

PNRP - Quanten- und theoretische Chemie PDA - Wissenschaftsphilosophie und -theorie PGK - Kosmologie und das Universum PN - Chemie PDX - Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften

235 mm

15.5 cm