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Practical Alchemy: A Memoir (Paperback)
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Practical Alchemy: A Memoir (Paperback)
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Writing a memoir was not only an interesting experience for this
Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University, but it also
provided him an opportunity to revisit his past with his sons. The
author graduated from Cornell in 1953 in Engineering Physics and
received his PhD in Physics in 1956 at the University of Illinois.
He was then at the General Electric Research Laboratory until 1965,
when he moved to Stanford. He has seen his life transform from a
physics student to husband, father, author, professor, scoutmaster,
von Humboldt scholar, and sometimes musician. His published books
include Pseudopotentials, Solid State Theory, Elementary Electronic
Structure, and Applied Quantum Mechanics. Here he draws a parallel
with the ancient alchemical goal of transforming lead into gold.
The reader will find this engaging memoir rich in anecdotes and
stories that constitute the various transformations resulting in
what may be called a 'golden experience'.
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