Herwig Schopper : : Scientist and Diplomat in a Changing World.

• Superior document: Springer Biographies Series
• Author: Schopper, Herwig.
• TeilnehmendeR: Gillies, James.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Springer Biographies Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (278 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Authors' Note -- Notes from James Gillies -- Notes from Herwig Schopper -- Contents -- 1 Early Years and Private Life -- Seismic Political Changes -- In His Own Words -- The Wonders of Physics -- Private Life -- 2 The War Years -- Basic Military Training -- The Eastern Front -- The End of the War -- In His Own Words: A Visit to Sanssouci -- References -- 3 Studies in Hamburg 1945-1954 -- A Diploma in Optics -- Restrictions on Nuclear Research in Germany Relax -- Formative Years -- In His Own Words: Family Matters -- Reference -- 4 A University Professor, and Establishing New Institutes -- The Years at Erlangen -- Measuring the Circular Polarisation of Gamma Rays -- The First Spin-Polarised Proton Beam Source -- Meeting Other Scientists -- Moving to Mainz and the Foundation of MAMI -- The Foundation of CERN and DESY Leads to Difficult Decisions -- High-Energy Accerarators at Karlsruhe? -- A Second CERN Laboratory and the SPS -- Successes in Science -- Accelerator Technology and Superconducting Cavities -- In His Own Words: Who Cares About Neutrons? The Hadron Calorimeter -- Reference -- 5 The Travelling Years - Stockholm, Cambridge and Cornell -- The Visible Spectrum and Beyond -- A Sojourn in Stockholm with Lise Meitner -- On to Cambridge -- The Principle of Symmetry Invariance -- An Early Experiment on Mirror Reflection Invariance -- A Year at Cornell -- In His Own Words: Learning About the English Way -- Reference -- 6 To DESY via CERN -- A Tale of Two Machines -- An Offer Too Good to Refuse-Back to Hamburg -- DORIS: A Collider, not a Girl -- The Discovery of Charm -- Another Broken Symmetry-CP -- DORIS's Last Particle Physics Hurrah! -- From DORIS to PETRA -- Synchrotron Radiation-A Valuable Spin-Off -- The Electron Collider Race to 20 GeV -- Physics at PETRA and the Discovery of the Gluon -- A New Lease of Life for PETRA.

HERA-A Legacy -- In His Own Words -- The Chinese at DESY -- Acknowledgements -- References for Gluon Discovery -- 7 Director-General of CERN -- Electing the New Director-General and Reunifying the Lab -- The LEP Proposal -- A New Style for CERN -- A Nobel Discovery -- Spain Re-joins CERN: An Excursion in a Wheelchair -- Portugal: Much Work in a Beautiful Country -- Water at the End of the Tunnel -- Building the Machine -- The Decisions Were Made at the Bar -- An Eye on the Future: Superconducting Cavities and Magnets -- CERN Under the Microscope: The Kendrew and Abragam Committees -- And the Answer is Three: The First Results from LEP -- The Future of CERN -- In His Own Words: Encounters with Remarkable People -- A Prime Ministerial Visit -- An Interesting Collaboration -- Reference -- 8 From Science to Science Diplomacy -- ROSTE-Getting to Know Venice -- The UNESCO International Basic Sciences Programme -- The Nobel Prize-Winner and the President -- Excursions into Nuclear Fusion -- A Cuban Interlude -- IUPAP Looks into the Role of Women in Physics -- Forum Engelberg -- The Foundation of the Cyprus Institute -- In His Own Words: Exploring Cuba -- References -- 9 Travels to the Far East -- China -- The Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) -- A Friendship Across Cultures -- Bismuth Germanium Oxide for the L3 Experiment at CERN -- A Memorial to Chien-Shiung Wu -- Taiwan ROC -- Japan -- The Subcontinent: Pakistan -- India -- Vietnam -- In His Own Words: Memories from a Big Country -- Reference -- 10 The Large Machines: LEP, the LHC and Beyond -- A Nail-Biting Finish -- LEP's Contribution to Physics -- Theory and Experiment -- In His Own Words: Incredible Precision and a Lasting Legacy -- References -- 11 Science for Peace with SESAME and SEEIIST -- The New Laboratory Takes Seed -- UNESCO Takes the Lead -- Securing BESSY.

The Formal Foundation of SESAME -- Building the Laboratory -- Towards the Third Generation -- The Origins of SEEIIST -- Two Concrete Studies -- Phase 1 of SEEIIST -- The Swiss Initiative -- In His Own Words: Finding a Home for SESAME -- References -- 12 In His Own Words: Epilogue and Reflexions -- Science at the Centre of My Life -- The Importance of Fundamental Science and Technology in a Changing World -- Scientific Careers in Changing Times -- Public Understanding of Science -- Sensationalism and Scientific Revolutions -- Science, Politics and the Role of Forecasts -- Is There a Universal Truth? -- Is Technical and Social Progress Too Quick for the Human Mind? -- What Are the Priorities in Politics? -- A World in Transition -- References -- Some Important Publications by Herwig Schopper -- Index.