Scheffler M., Weinberger P. (eds.) Walter Kohn: Personal Stories and Anecdotes Told by Friends and Collaborators

Springer, 2003. - 309 p.
This is not a science book, nor even a book about science, although most of the contributors are scientists. It is a book of personal stories about Walter Kohn, a theoretical physicist and winner of half of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Walter Kohn originated and/or refined a number of very important theoretical approaches and concepts in solid-state physics. He is known in particular for Density-Functional Theory. This book represents a kind of "oral history" about him, gathered - in anticipation of his 80th birthday - from former students, collaborators, fellow-scientists, and friends.Walter Kohn as Ph.D. Advisor (by Vinay Ambeegaokar).
Memories of Walter Kohn at Bell Labs and After (by Philiip W.Anderson).
Walter Kohn: My Ideal of a “Man of Science” (by Wanda Andreoni).
A Twinkle in the Eyes (by Neil W. Ashcroft).
The Max von Laue Kolloquium at the Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin (by Klaus Baberschke).
More Than a Founding Father (by Giovanni Bachelet).
Walter Kohn, the Chemist (by Evert Jan Baerends).
Looking 50 Years Back: Walter, on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday (by Sidney Borowitz).
Meeting Walter Kohn (by Ewa and Krzysztof Broclawik).
Of Sandboxes and Silences (by Kieron Burke).
A Glimpse of Walter Kohn (by Sudip Chakravarty).
Quantum Reflections (by Dennis P. Clougherty).
Not a Relative, but... (by Marvin L. Cohen).
Riding Walter’s Wake (by Morrel H. Cohen).
Paris Acquaintances (by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji).
Walter Kohn and the UCSB Campus (by France Anne Cordova).
Principle and Practice (by Bernard Delley).
Thanksgiving at the Kohns (by Jacques des Cloizeaux).
Walter Kohn and UC Policy (by Hugh DeWitt).
Walter Kohn and the Australian Psyche (by John Dobson).
Reunion in History (by Gertrude Ehrlich).
For Rappa on His 80th Birthday from Terry (by Josef Eisinger).
Meeting Walter Kohn in Internment Camp (by Ernest L. Eliel).
Meeting Walter Kohn (by Gerhard Ertl).
Impressions of Walter Kohn (by Helmut Eschrig).
Reminiscences of Walter (by Peter J. Feibelman).
To Know How to Count... (by Michael E. Flatte).
My Friend and Colleague Walter Kohn (by Jacques Friedel).
Working with Walter (by Michael Geller).
A Chinese Portrait of Walter Kohn (by Antoine Georges).
Memories of Walter Kohn in Santa Barbara (by Hardy Gross).
Thinking Back (by Werner Hanke).
Thank You Walter for All You Have Taught Us (by Michael J. Harrison).
Vision Realized in Details: To Walter on His 80th Birthdaaay (by James B. Hartle).
Walter Kohn in Japan (by Hiroshi Hasegawa).
My Favorite “Walter Story” (by Alan J. Heeger).
Walter Kohn as a Scientist and a Citizen (by Conyers Herring).
A Personal Tribute to Walter Kohn on His 80th Birthday (by Pierre C. Hohenberg).
Recollections of a Long Friendship (by Daniel Hone).
My Recollections of Professor Walter Kohn (by Naoki Iwamoto).
With Walter: 40 Years of Friendship (by Denis Jerome).
The Noble Day (by Alex Kamenev).
The Pleasure of Getting to Know Walter Kohn (by Boris Kayser).
Happy Birthday Walter! (by Roland Ketzmerick).
Memories of a Great Scientist and a Great Person (by Barry M. Klein).
Many Happy Returns, Walter! (by Norman Kroll).
A Postdoc with Walter (by Norton D. Lang).
Reminiscences on the Occasion of Walter Kohn’s 80th Birthday (by James S. Langer).
Some Recollections About Walter and His Work (by David Langreth).
Romancing the Theorem (by Mel Levy).
Crete, June 1998 (by Michele Levy).
Recollections of Walter Kohn (by Steven G. Louie).
Walter Kohn – Points of Impact (by Bengt Lundqvist).
KKR – Reminiscences About Walter Kohn (by Gerald Mahan).
Cecam’s Visitor! (by Michel Mareschal).
Nobel Mania (by Ann E. Mattsson).
Walter’s Contagious Conscience (by Eric McFarland).
Memorable Moments with Walter Kohn (by N. David Mermin).
Impressions of Walter Kohn (by Horia Metiu).
...Small Matters (by Douglas L. Mills).
Walter Kohn in Cracow (by Roman F. Nalewajski).
Walter Kohn (by Venkatesh Narayanamurti).
A Class with Class (by Herbert Neuhaus).
Great Influences in a Small Country (by Risto Nieminen).
Walter’s Group Parties (by Qian Niu).
He Did Effective-Mass Theory Too! (by Sokrates T. Pantelides).
Thoughts and Recollections of a Remarkable Man (by Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos).
The Bonding of Quantum Physics with Quantum Chemistry (by Robert G.Parr).
My Meetings with Walter Kohn (by Michele Parrinello).
The Greatest Gift Is Something Worth Thinking About (by John P. Perdew).
Vignettes: Switzerland, Australia, Santa Barbara (by Warren E. Pickett).
Theory Versus Reality (by John J. Rehr).
Recollections of Walter in La Jolla and Zurich (by Maurice Rice).
I am Happy that the R Stands for Rostoker (by Norman Rostoker).
It Started with Image Charges (by Joseph Rudnick).
A Math Teacher’s Little Poem (by George Sanger).
Stories About Walter (by Andreas Savin).
A Special Reunion (by Douglas Scalapino).
Walking and Talking in Berlin (by Matthias Scheffler).
My Personal Walter Kohn Story (by Sheldon Schultz).
Walter Kohn and Vienna (by Karlheinz Schwarz).
We Met at the Institute in Copenhagen (by Benjamin Segall).
Happy Birthday, Walter (by Lu J. Sham).
A Mean Martini (by David Sherrington).
Lunch with Walter (by Mark E. Sherwin).
Act of Compassion (by Bonnie Scott Sivers).
Some Recollections of Life with Walter Kohn (by John R. Smith).
Bonjour Mon Tres Cher Ami et Bonne Anniversaire (by Charles Sommers).
Walter Kohn and Boris Regal: The Early Days of ITP (by Robert Sugar).
Flashback to My Post-doc Days with Walter (by Yasutami Takada).
A Challenge to My Own Scientific Thoughts (by Walter Thirring).
Walter Kohn’s Influence on One Engineer (by Matthew Tirrell).
A Tribute to Walter Kohn (by Ulf von Barth).
Encounters with Walter: From the Mysterious Second “K” to the Local Secretary (by Peter Weinberger).
An Encounter with Walter Kohn in Orsay (by Jerry L. Whitten).
Walter Kohn, World Citizen and Professor Extraordinaire (by Henry T. Yang).
Meeting with Walter Kohn (by Weitao Yang).
My Experience of Working with Walter (by See-Chen Ying).
Walter Kohn: Mentor and Role Model (by Eugene Zaremba).
The Scientist and Human Values (by Joseph Zycinski).
Appendix I – Autobiography (by Walter Kohn).
Appendix II – A Musical CV (by David Mermin).