61. Europhysics News NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1999 (p of all schools is the Fasori Lutheran Gymnasium in Budapest, its fame havingbeen propagated by its Nobel laureate alumni, eugene P. wigner and John C http://www.fi.uib.no/~csernai/Sci-Policy/gymnasiu.htm

europhysics news NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1999 (p. 13O.) features What accounts for the legendary status of Hungarian schools? Hardworking teachers have always put the latest research in the hands of schoolchildren George Marx, Hungary The Hungarian Gymnasium The Economist) said: "The early 20th-century Hungarian education system was the most brilliant the world has seen until its close imitator in post-1945 Japan." The advantage of the gymnasium system is that in the best gymnasia students can be pressed toward the limits of their capacities: they are exposed to an intellectual rigor that is not usually reached in high schools in more democratic countries. In particular, the gymnasium system gives dignity to teachers who provide instruction in top secondary schools. A scholar or scientist who knows that his or her talents lie in pedagogy rather than in research does not feel he or she is falling back if he or she spends a whole life teaching in such a school. A fine teacher retiring at the age of sixty from the Minta Gymnasium in Budapest, for example, would find many of the most famous people in Hungary in his or her debt because they had passed through his or her hands. Enthusiasts say that the two most successful of these gymnasium systems in history have been the one in post-1945 Japan, and arguably that of Hungary from about 1890 almost to the 1930s. The average Japanese 18 year old is today more advanced in math than all except the top 1 % of American 18 year olds. The same would have been true of gymnasium pupils in Budapest in 1914.

62. HIP Wigner Vol. 1 (no.1) (1995) Editorial I.Lovas Iii Wigner Jeno 1 (no.1) (1995) Editorial I.Lovas iii wigner Jeno eugene P. wigner 1902-1995 G.Marxv Model Independent Features of the Two-Particle Correlation Function S http://www.fi.uib.no/~csernai/hip/v1n1.txt

HIP Wigner Vol. 1 (no.1) (1995) Editorial I.Lovas iii Wigner Jeno - Eugene P. Wigner 1902-1995 G.Marx v Model Independent Features of the Two-Particle Correlation Function S.Chapman, P.Scotto and U.Heinz 1 Hot gluon propagator T.S.Biro 33 Collinear Limits of One-Loop Helicity Amplitudes in QCD Z.Kunszt, A.Signer and Z.Trocsanyi 43 A Derivation of the Boltzmann-Vlasov Equation from Multiple Scattering Using the Wigner Function J.Eisenberg 53 Dilepton emission from a Resonance Gas A.V.Leonidov and P.V.Ruuskanen 61 Nappi-Witten String in the Light-Cone Gauge P.Forgacs, P.A.Horvathy, Z.Horvath and G.Palla 65 Book Reviews 85

63. Session I3 - Eugene Wigner Centennial. George Marx (Department of Physics, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary) EugeneP. wigner was born into a wellto-do family in Budapest 100 years ago. http://www.eps.org/aps/meet/APR02/baps/abs/S2130.html

Previous session Next session Session I3 - Eugene Wigner Centennial. INVITED session, Sunday morning, April 21 Brazos, Albuquerque Convention Center Wigner in Hungary George Marx (Department of Physics, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary) Eugene Wigner, The First Nuclear Reactor Engineer Alvin M. Weinberg (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) All physicists recognize Eugene Wigner as a theoretical physicist of the very first rank. Yet Wigner's only advanced degree was in Chemical Engineering. His physics was largely self-taught. During WWII, Wigner brilliantly returned to his original occupation as an engineer. He led the small team of theoretical physicists and engineers who designed, in remarkable detail, the original graphite-moderated, water-cooled Hanford reactor, which produced the Pu239 of the Trinity and Nagasaki bombs. With his unparalleled understanding of chain reactors (matched only by Fermi) and his skill and liking for engineering, Wigner can properly be called the Founder of Nuclear Engineering. The evidence for this is demonstrated by a summary of his 37 Patents on various chain reacting systems. Wigner's Changing View of the Elementary Quantum Phenomenon John Archibald Wheeler (Princeton University and University of Texas at Austin) In 1961, Eugene Wigner argued that "the being with a consciousness must have a different role in quantum mechanics than the inanimate measuring device." By 1981, he had changed to a totally different position, one compatible with the position of Niels Bohr, that all it requires for the elementary quantum phenomenon is an elementary process brought to a close by an irreversible act of amplification (i.e. the click of a counter or the blackening of a grain of photographic emulsion.) It is instructive to review the reasons Wigner gives for this important change in his views.

64. Gb26s Title eugene P. wigner The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics.There is a story about two friends, who were classmates in high http://ubmail.ubalt.edu/~pfitz/tell/gb/science/gb26_s.htm

Eugene P. Wigner: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics There is a story about two friends, who were classmates in high school, talking about their jobs. One of them became a statistician and was working on population trends. He showed a reprint to his former classmate. The reprint started, as usual, with the Gaussian distribution and the statistician explained to his former classmate the meaning of the symbols for the actual population, for the average population, and so on. His classmate was a bit incredulous and was not quite sure whether the statistician was pulling his leg. “How I you know that?” was his query. “And what is this symbol here?” “Oh,” said the statistician, “this is p .” “What is that?” “The ratio of the circumference of the circle to its diameter.” “Well, now you are push your joke too far,” said the classmate, “surely the population nothing to do with the circumference of the circle.” Naturally, we are inclined to smile about the simplicity of the classmate’s approach. Nevertheless, when I heard this story, I had to admit to an eerie feeling because, surely, the reaction of the classmate betrayed only plain common sense. I was even more confused when, many days later, someone came to me and expressed his bewilderment with the fact that we make a rather narrow selection when choosing the data on which we test our theories. “How do we that, if we made a theory which focuses its attention on phenomena we disregard and disregards some of the phenomena now commanding our attention, that we could not build another theory which has little in common with the present one but which, nevertheless, explains just as many phenomena as the present theory?” It has to be admitted that we have not definite evidence that there is no such theory.

65. Eugene Paul Wigner Homes for Sale. Canadian Pharmacy. Symmetries Reflections Scientific Essaysof eugene P. wigner. Although simply written, this is not a book for beginers. http://facultyofastronomy.com/search_Eugene_Paul_Wigner/searchBy_Author.html

STUDENT BOOKS ONLINE Faculty Of Astronomy Student Books Online Back To Astronomy Search Featured Universities ... Tycho Brahe Looking for more books? Microcomputer Database Management Software Databases The Neon Rain: A Dave Robicheaux Novel Professional Linux Programming Christine Wagner ... Roseann, Beggy Hanson Links For Students Lesson Tutor Shopping Links Shopping Directory Digital Cameras Big Shoes Consumer Electronics ... Canadian Pharmacy Although simply written, this is not a book for beginers. On the other hand it doesn't hurt to read it early and think about it for a long time, rereading it from time to time, in order finally to get the main point. Wigner points out that the basis for answering the question posed by him, 'Why is it possible to discover laws of nature?' is explained in every elementary physics text but the point is too subtle, is therefore lost on nearly every reader. The answer, he explains convincingly, l... more... Written by Eugene Paul Wigner Published by Greenwood Publishing Group (January 1978) ISBN 0313201072 Price $25.75

66. ANS : Honors And Awards : Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award eugene P. wigner Reactor Physicist Award. The Reactor Physics Division (RPD) ofthe American Nuclear Society has established the eugene P. wigner Reactor http://mfnl.xjtu.edu.cn/org-ans/honors/documents/wigner-letter.html

555 North Kensington Avenue LaGrange Park, Illinois 60526-5592 USA Tel: 708.352.6611 Fax: 708.579.8295 www.ans.org nucleus@ans.org Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award The Reactor Physics Division (RPD) of the American Nuclear Society has established the Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award to provide recognition to persons who have made outstanding contributions toward the advancement of the field of nuclear reactor physics. The inaugural Eugene P. Wigner award was presented to Dr. Wigner in 1990. The award will be administered by the Reactor Physics Division with the assistance of the ANS staff. When possible, one such award will be made each year following procedures established by the RPD. The honoree will be presented with an engraved plaque at the Awards Luncheon or at a special ceremony organized by the RPD and held at the time of the Winter Meeting of the Society. Nominations are made on a standard form, which is attached. Three sponsors are required, one of which must be an ANS Fellow. One sponsor shall be designated as the principal sponsor. The principal sponsor has the responsibility of (a) securing the required letters of recommendations from the other two co-sponsors, (b) assembling the nomination package and (c) submitting it to the ANS headquarters along with his or her own recommendation of the nominee by the deadline indicated in the Call-for-Nominations announcement. Sponsors of a given candidate should be dispersed geographically, and only one may be from the home institute of the candidate.

67. The Wigner Medal 2002 Response to the Award by Lipkin (pdf format) eugene P. wigner receivingthe first wigner Medal from Arno R. Bohm in 1978. Harry http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~bohmwww/wigner/

The Wigner Medal 2002 The Wigner Medal is awarded for "outstanding contributions to the understanding of physics through group theory." The awardee is chosen by an international selection committee whose members are elected by the Board of Trustees of the Foundation and by the Standing Committee of the International Group Theory Colloquium. The previous recipients of the Wigner Medal are: E. P. Wigner V. Bargmann I. M. Gel'fand L.Michel Y. Ne'eman I.M. Singer F. Iachello J. Wess and Bruno Zumino V. Kac and R.V. Moody Marcos Moshinsky L. O'Raifeartaigh The 2002 International Selection Committee consisted of A.I. Solomon (UK). Chairman; Members: J. P. Gazeau (France), R. Moody (Canada), S. Weinberg (USA) and A. Bohm (USA). The International Selection Committee has awarded the 2002 Wigner Medal to: Harry Jeannot Lipkin For contributions to the algebraic method in nuclear and particle physics and its extension to describe the spectra of nuclei. The Wigner Medal ceremony took place on July 17, 2002 at the "Salle des Fetes", Mairie du V-eme Arrondissement, Place du Pantheon, Paris. It was attended by about 500 participants and invited guests. Bylaws of the Wigner Medal (pdf format) Laudatio read by Y. Neeman

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69. Revista/Review Interamericana: Contents Of Volumes 1975-1981 Amador Cobas, Comentarios al artículo de Dr. wigner/Somments on Dr. wigner s Article.eugene P. wigner, Response to Dr. Cobas Comments. Juan A. Bonnet, Jr. http://www.sg.inter.edu/revista-ciscla/revista/backissues2.html

Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto de San Germán Back to Revista/Review Interamericana Advisory and Consulting Boards Back Issues Available Order Form ... Back to homepage Dr. Aníbal J. Aponte Editor Sylvia Potter Managing Editor/Secretary Inter American University of P.R. P.O. Box 5100 San Germán, Puerto Rico 00683 Phone: (787) 264-1912, ext. 7229, 7230 Fax: (718) 892-6350, 892-7510 Email: reinter@sg.inter.edu Back Issues Spring '76 - Winter '80/'81 Vol. VI, No. 1 (Spring 1976): Caribbean Dependency Patterns $3.50 Lynn Darrell Bender, The Perplexing Hemisphere, Nationalistic Authoritarianism: The Essence of Neo-Militarism in Latin America. Roland I. Perusse, Introduction. David F. Ross, Political Status and Economic Development: Will the Dependent Variable Please Stand Up? Angel Calderón Cruz, The Puerto Rican Status Question: A Commentary. Hans-Joerg Geiser, The Lomé Convention and Caribbean Integration: A First Assessment. Will H. Blackwell, Merry-go-Round, Poem. Roland I. Perusse, CARICOM: A Critical Evaluation.

70. MICRORESONATORS AS BUILDING BLOCKS FOR VLSI PHOTONICS: Programme BREAKFAST Residents in the II Rabi, eugene P. wigner and Patrick MS Blackett Instituteswill have breakfast on a self service basis in the coffee room in the http://w3.uniroma1.it/cattedra_michelotti/info.htm

MICRORESONATORS AS BUILDING BLOCKS FOR VLSI PHOTONICS USEFUL INFORMATION BADGE No doubt you are a world renowned scientist, but nevertheless it is necessary for all participants, as well as for accompanying persons, to wear their identification badge at all times. HOUSING The locations of all housing facilities (Centre, Institutes and Hotels) are shown on the Erice map included in the documents you callet upon registration. BREAKFAST Residents in the I.I. Rabi, Eugene P. Wigner and Patrick M.S. Blackett Institutes will have breakfast on a self service basis in the "coffee room" in the I.I. Rabi Institute (in the back of the courtyard on the right hand side under the staircase). Participants housed in the hotels will have breakfast at their hotels. SNACKS Coffee, tea, milk, mineral water, fruit and sandwiches are available (free of charge) in the "coffee room" at the I.I. Rabi Institute at any time. LUNCH AND DINNER A selected list of recommended restaurants is displayed in the entrance hall of the I.I. Rabi Institute. The closing day of each restaurant is given in the list. The restaurant owner will ask the participants to sign a form where the appropriate activity is indicated (Course, Seminar etc.) in order to keep a record. Please sign legibly; accompanying members must sign too.

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72. Jef Raskin - Effectiveness Of Mathematics philosophical problem that Nobel physicist eugene wigner called the McNeill explanationavoids the question wigner was addressing that we can assert p or not http://humane.sourceforge.net/unpublished/effectiveness_mathematics.html

Effectiveness of Mathematics A reply to Eugene Wigner’s paper, "The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the Natural Sciences" and Hamming’s essay "The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics." Jef Raskin 1998 [edit of 19 Jan 2001] In physics we often describe phenomena in terms of mathematical relationships between quantities that represent observable attributes of the natural world: Double the tension on a spring and the amount it extends doubles; the intensity of light from a point source changes precisely in inverse proportion to the square of the distance from the source. Even quite abstract mathematical constructs which were created without any reference to physics or the physical world turn out later (sometimes much later) to be excellent representations of newly-discovered experimental data. For example, group theory proved to be eminently useful in crystallography and in understanding the organization of elementary particles. Why should one physical parameter be a mathematical function of some others? This is the philosophical problem that Nobel physicist Eugene Wigner called "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural science" in his 1960 paper of that name in Communications of Pure and Applied Mathematics. Albert Einstein put the problem this way in his Sidelights on Relativity, "How is it possible that mathematics, a product of human thought that is independent of experience, fits so excellently the objects of physical reality?"

73. General Math Philosophy -- From Eric Weisstein's Encyclopedia Of Scientific Book 159 p. $8.95. wigner, eugene P. ``The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematicsin the Natural Sciences. Comm. Pure Math. 13, 114, 1960. http://www.ericweisstein.com/encyclopedias/books/GeneralMathPhilosophy.html

General Math Philosophy Anglin, W.S. Mathematics: A Concise History and Philosophy. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1994. 275 p. $39. Balaguer, Mark. Platonism and Anti-Platonism in Mathematics. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1998. 240 p. $45. Benacerraf, Paul and Putnam, Hilary. Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Readings, 2nd ed. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1983. 600 p. $34.95. Carruccio, Ettore. Mathematics and Logic in History and Contemporary Thought. Chicago, IL: Faber and Faber, 1964. Analyzes some twenty historically important mathematical ideas (from Archimedes' method of exhaustion to non-Archimedean geometries), and places them intensively in their philosophical and historical backgrounds. Especially good on the ramifications of Aristotelian logic. Chaitin, Gregory J. The Limits of Mathematics. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998. 160 p. $37.95. Dales, Garth and Oliveri, Gianluigi (Eds.). Truth in Mathematics. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1998. 400 p. $115. Dantzig, Tobias.

74. A Friendly Link To Royal Society's Online Newsletter Chemistry. Georg von Békésy (18991972), 1961, Medicine. eugene P.wigner (1902-1995), 1963, Physics. Dennis Gabor (1900-1979), 1971, Physics. http://www2.mta.hu/english/nobel_prize.htm

Hungary's Nobel Prize Winners Philipp E. A. von Lenard (1862-1947) Physics Robert Bárány (1876-1936) Medicine Richard A. Zsigmondy (1865-1929) Chemistry Albert von Szent-Györgyi (1893-1986) Medicine George de Hevesy (1885-1966) Chemistry Georg von Békésy (1899-1972) Medicine Eugene P. Wigner (1902-1995) Physics Dennis Gabor (1900-1979) Physics John C. Polanyi (1930-) Chemistry George A. Olah (1927-) Chemistry John C. Harsanyi (1920-2000) Economics Imre Kertész (1929-) Literature PHILIPP E. A. VON LENARD June 7, 1862, Pozsony - May 20, 1947, Messelhausen Philippe Lenard (Fülöp Lénárd) received 1905 Nobel Prize in Physics for “his work on cathode rays." He lived in Germany and did not consider himself a Hungarian. ROBERT BÁRÁNY April 22, 1876, Vienna - April 8, 1936, Uppsala Robert (Róbert) Bárány received the Nobel Prize in Medicine "for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus." He lived in Sweden. RICHARD A. ZSIGMONDY April 1, 1865, Vienna - September 23, 1929, Göttingen Richard (Richárd) Zsigmondy received the 1925 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his demonstration of the heterogeneous nature of colloid solutions and for the methods he used, which have since become fundamental in modern colloid chemistry." He lived in Germany. ALBERT SZENT-GYÖRGYI September 16, 1893, Budapest - October 22, 1986, Woods Hole, MA

75. AIP Niels Bohr Library Manuel S. Vallarta, L. van Howe, JH Van der Waals, BL van der Waerden, John HasbrouckVan Vleck, James T. Weber, John A. Wheeler, eugene P. wigner, Edwin B http://libserv.aip.org:81/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!194~!0&profile=aipnb

76. AIP Niels Bohr Library Feenberg lectures have included John Bardeen, eugene P. wigner, DavidPines, John A. Wheeler, and Walter E. Massey. Scope of Material http://libserv.aip.org:81/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!140~!0&profile=aipnb

77. Other Useful Informations Residents in the II Rabi, eugene P. wigner and Patrick MS Blackett Institutes willhave breakfast on a selfservice basis in the coffee room in the II Rabi http://www.sa.infn.it/NeuralGroup/CorticalDynamicsSchool2003/facilities.htm

FACILITIES · There is a "coffee room" in the I.I. Rabi Institute (in the back of the courtyard on the right hand side under the staircase) where coffee, tea, mineral water and snacks are available (free) at any time. This "coffee room" is also used for breakfast. · There is a "piano room" (the small central room under the arches at the back of the courtyard at the I.I. Rabi Institute) with a keg of Marsala wine (free). This "piano room" can also be used for working parties. The "piano room" must be closed before midnight. · The Centre has two washing machines and two dryers for use by the participants (at the rear of the courtyard at the I.I. Rabi Institute). · The computer room is located off the left and side of the I.I. Rabi courtyard. OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION BADGE All participants, as well as accompanying persons, are kindly asked to wear their identification badge at all times. HOUSING The locations of all housing facilities (Centre, Institutes and Hotels) are shown on the Erice map included in the documents you callet upon registration.

78. Stephen Wolfram: A New Kind Of Science -- Relevant Books ISBN 0387970037 . wigner, eugene P. Group Theory and Its Applicationto the Quantum Mechanics of Atomic Spectra Academic Press, 1959. http://www.wolframscience.com/reference/books/w.html

WOLFRAM'S LIBRARY A B C D ... V W X Y Z W Waddington, C.H. The Nature of Life Wagner, David B. Power Programming with Mathematica: The Kernel McGraw-Hill, 1996. [ISBN 007912237X Wagon, Stan Mathematica in Action Wagon, Stan Mathematica in Action Second Edition Springer-Verlag, 1999. [ISBN 0387982523 Wagon, Stan The Power of Visualization: Notes from a Mathematica Course Front Range Press, 1994. [ISBN 0963167839 Readings in Speech Recognition Morgan Kaufmann, 1990. [ISBN 1558601244 Wald, Robert M. General Relativity University of Chicago Press, 1984. [ISBN 0226870332 Waldram, J.R. The Theory of Thermodynamics Cambridge University Press, 1989. [ISBN 0521287960 Waldrop, M. Mitchell Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos (proof copy) Walker, Jearl Roundabout: The Physics of Rotation in the Everyday World. Walker, Jearl The Flying Circus of Physics WITH ANSWERS Wallace, Alfred Russel Tropical Nature, and Other Essays Macmillan, 1878 Wallace, William Galileo's Early Notebooks: The Physical Questions University of Notre Dame Press, 1977. [ISBN 0268009988

79. Books & Audio Books. Bookshops Online Searches For Books That Match THE PERSEUS QUEST FOR ALIEN PLANETS. Paperback. 0738208906. wigner, eugene P. RECOLLECTIONSOF eugene P. wigner. Paperback. 0738208868. Kessel, Irene O connor, John. http://www.pickabook.co.uk/search/index.php?publisherType=ture&type=publisher&my

80. Unreasonable Effectiveness Of Mathematics - E. Wigner eugene wigner. is quoted here from W. Dubislav s Die Philosophie der Mathematik inder Gegenwart (Berlin Junker and Dunnhaupt Verlag, 1932), p. 1. In the same http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/March02/Wigner/Wigner.html

Reprinted from Communications in Pure and Applied Mathematics THE UNREASONABLE EFFECTIVENSS OF MATHEMATICS IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES Eugene Wigner Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show. The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry. - BERTRAND RUSSELL, Study of Mathematics There is a story about two friends, who were classmates in high school, talking about their jobs. One of them became a statistician and was working on population trends. He showed a reprint to his former classmate. The reprint started, as usual, with the Gaussian distribution and the statistician explained to his former classmate the meaning of the symbols for the actual population, for the average population, and so on. His classmate was a bit incredulous and was not quite sure whether the statistician was pulling his leg. "How can you know that?" was his query. "And what is this symbol here?" "Oh," said the statistician, "this is pi." "What is that?" "The ratio of the circumference of the circle to its diameter." "Well, now you are pushing your joke too far," said the classmate, "surely the population has nothing to do with the circumference of the circle."

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