Related papers: Ken Wilson -- The Early Years
Introduction to deep neural networks and their history.
This talk presents a short review of David Brink's most important achievements and of my own experience working with him.
The only rational way of educating is to be an example. If one cant help it, a warning example. Albert Einstein. I had the good fortune and privilege of having Michael Fisher as my teacher, supervisor, mentor and friend. During my years as…
In this brief note, there is a short recollection of my scientific interactions with the great Russian mathematician Sergey Konstantinovich Godunov.
Rejoinder to "Citation Statistics" [arXiv:0910.3529]
In this reminiscence I discuss the influence of Henry Eyring and John Barker upon my life and work. Others, especially my family, have been of even greater personal influence. However, these two great and grand men were of tremendous…
A Wilson prime is a prime p such that (p-1)! = -1 mod p^2. We report on a search for Wilson primes up to 2 * 10^13, and describe several new algorithms that were used in the search. In particular we give the first known algorithm that…
A short essay on the life and mathematical heritage of Coble. A substantially edited version will be part of the series of biographical memoirs of past members of the National Academy of Sciences. Version 2: minor changes. Version 3. Typo…
I describe the early, from the nineteen sixties, history of attempts at quantizing General Relativity.
In this paper I shall try to sketch some typical aspects of Erich Lehmann's contributions to statistics through his research, his teaching, his service to the profession and his personality.
A brief account of K-theory written in honour of Friedrich Hirzebruch
This is a short obituary of Saunders Mac Lane (1909--2005).
I worked on String Theory over a period of five years during the First String Era, the most intellectually satisfying years of my scientific life. One of the early prospectors in the String Theory Mine, I was fortunate enough to contribute…
This paper contains my recollection of the creation and development of the so-called BFKL approach and my ideas about the ways of its further development.
This article is a multiauthored portrait of Edsger Wybe Dijkstra that consists of testimonials written by several friends, colleagues, and students of his. It provides unique insights into his personality, working style and habits, and his…
A short biography of Hans Bethe.
We present a history of Hoare's logic.
Discussion of ``The William Kruskal Legacy: 1919--2005'' by Stephen E. Fienberg, Stephen M. Stigler and Judith M. Tanur [arXiv:0710.5063]
We present a conjecture about partitions, with a very elementary formulation.
Invited contribution to the inaugural issue of {\em Physics Educator.}