The breakthrough of a quantum chemist by classical dynamics: Martin Karplus and the birth of computer simulations of chemical reactions

期刊： EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL H, 2021; 46 (1)

1964-1965 was an early, crucial period in Martin Karplus' research-a time when, rather unexpectedly, he approached the problem of reactive collisions ......

Everett's theory of the universal wave function

期刊： EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL H, 2021; 46 (1)

This is a tutorial for the many-worlds theory by Everett, which includes some of my personal views. It has two main parts. The first main part shows t......

The large tokamak JT-60: a history of the fight to achieve the Japanese fusion research mission

期刊： EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL H, 2018; 43 (4-5)

Fusion research was driven by the oil shocks in 1970's and the concern about climate change during 20th century. This paper addressed the scientific r......

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An interview with Roald Sagdeev: his story of plasma physics in Russia, 1956-1988

期刊： EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL H, 2018; 43 (4-5)

This oral history interview presents Roald Z. Sagdeev's story of plasma physics in Russia. It chronicles the Russian school's achievements in basic, l......

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Century of Lambda

期刊： EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL H, 2018; 43 (3)

The cosmological constant was proposed 100 years ago in order to make the model of static Universe, imagined then by most scientists, possible. Today ......

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