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PhD Physics University of Göttingen

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According to Wikipedia, Victor Frederick "Viki" Weisskopf was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist. He did postdoctoral work with Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, Wolfgang Pauli, and Niels Bohr. During World War II he was Group Leader of the Theoretical Division of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, and he later campaigned against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

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Theoretical Nuclear Physics (1953) (2159)
A New Extended Model of Hadrons (1974) (1513)
Berechnung der natürlichen Linienbreite auf Grund der Diracschen Lichttheorie (1148)
Effects of Configuration Interaction on Intensities and Phase Shifts (2001) (1125)
Theory of Impurity Scattering in Semiconductors (1950) (685)
Statistics and Nuclear Reactionsl (1937) (620)
On the Yield of Nuclear Reactions with Heavy Elements (1940) (568)
On the Shape of Collision-Broadened Lines (1945) (552)
Niels Bohr and the Development of Physics (1955) (472)
Model for Nuclear Reactions with Neutrons (1954) (466)
Hardon decay processes and the quark model (1967) (389)
The Influence of Nuclear Structure on the Hyperfine Structure of Heavy Elements (1950) (347)
Reactor safety study (1976) (264)
Über die natürliche Linienbreite in der Strahlung des harmonischen Oszillators (1930) (251)
On the Self-Energy and the Electromagnetic Field of the Electron (1939) (191)
INELASTIC LEPTON--NUCLEON SCATTERING AND LEPTON PAIR PRODUCTION IN THE RELATIVISTIC QUARK--PARTON MODEL. (1971) (173)
Properties of nuclear matter (1958) (165)
RADIATIVE TRANSITION PROBABILITIES IN NUCLEI (1951) (164)
Of atoms, mountains, and stars: a study in qualitative physics. (1975) (153)
On Quantization of the Scalar Relativistic Wave Equation. (In German) (1934) (119)
The Electromagnetic Shift of Energy Levels (1949) (118)
Über die Elektrodynamik des Vakuums auf Grund der Quantentheorie des Elektrons (1936) (112)
Concepts of particle physics (1984) (92)
International Conference on High-Energy Physics (1956) (89)
Zur Theorie der Kopplungsbreite und der Stoßdämpfung (1932) (86)
The visual appearance of rapidly moving objects (1960) (86)
The Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves by Turbulent Atmospheric Fluctuations (1954) (85)
Theoretical physics in the twentieth century (1961) (80)
Über die Selbstenergie des Elektrons (1934) (76)
The electrodynamics of the vacuum based on the quantum theory of the electron (1936) (76)
On the Scattering of Radio Waves by Turbulent Fluctuations of the Atmosphere (1955) (72)
On the Scattering and Absorption of Particles by Atomic Nuclei (1947) (69)
Recent Developments in the Theory of the Electron (1949) (67)
Thermodynamics and the kinetic theory of gases (1973) (64)
Selected Topics in Field Quantization (1973) (61)
A Schematic Theory of Nuclear Cross Sections (1949) (54)
The Decay of Negative Mesotrons in Matter (1947) (48)
Physics as natural philosophy (1979) (45)
The Frontiers and Limits of Science (1975) (44)
The problem of an effective mass in nuclear matter (1957) (44)
Bird of Passage—Recollections of a Physicist (1985) (42)
The formation of cooper pairs and the nature of superconducting currents (1981) (42)
Die Streuung des Lichts an angeregten Atomen (1933) (41)
Report to the American Physical Society by the study group on light-water reactor safety (1975) (41)
How Light Interacts with Matter (1968) (40)
THE FORMATION OF A COMPOUND NUCLEUS IN NEUTRON REACTIONS (1953) (40)
Physics in the twentieth century. (1970) (39)
Niels Bohr and the Development of Physics: Essays Dedicated to Niels Bohr on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday (1956) (33)
The significance of science. (1972) (30)
Theoretical physics in the twentieth century : a memorial volume to Wolfgang Pauli (1961) (29)
The development of field theory in the last 50 years (1981) (29)
Is Physics Human (1976) (28)
Preludes in theoretical physics : in honor of V.F. Weisskopf (1966) (28)
Physics in the twentieth century: selected essays (1972) (27)
"Niels Bohr and the development of physics", W. Pauli, L. Rosenfeld, V. Weisskopf, London 1955 : [recenzja] / M. B.-N. (1959) (26)
Berichtigung zu der Arbeit: Über die Selbstenergie des Elektrons (1934) (25)
The spectrum of Alkali-atoms (1967) (25)
The wave function of nuclear matter (1958) (24)
Epochs in Physics. (Book Reviews: The Joy of Insight. Passions of a Physicist.) (1991) (23)
European technology: The politics of collaboration (1973) (23)
Zur Theorie der Kopplungsbreite (1932) (22)
The Privilege of Being a Physicist (1988) (22)
Problems of nuclear structure (1961) (21)
Towards a new absorption model for hadron collisions (1969) (21)
Erratum: On the Yield of Nuclear Reactions with Heavy Elements ( (1940) (20)
Vector Dominance in Photoproduction (1968) (20)
Knowledge and Wonder (1963) (19)
Fall of Parity: Recent Discoveries Related to Symmetry of Laws of Nature. (1957) (19)
Knowledge and Wonder: The Natural World as Man Knows It (1979) (19)
The intensity and structure of spectral lines (1933) (17)
Ionization energies and electron affinities of atoms up to neon (1982) (17)
A peril and a hope (1978) (16)
Über die Polarisation der Elektronen bei der Streuung an Kristallen (1935) (16)
Excitation of Nuclei by Bombardment with Charged Particles (1938) (15)
Nuclear structure and modern research (1967) (15)
Quark model results from Weinberg's spectral functions sum rules☆ (1968) (15)
THE STRUCTURE OF NUCLEI. (1964) (14)
Optics and the theory of electrons (1973) (13)
Early quantum electrodynamics: The quantization of the scalar relativistic wave equation (1994) (13)
Search for Simplicity: Mountains, waterwaves, and leaky ceilings (1986) (13)
The creation of quantum chromodynamics and the effective energy : in honour of A. Zichichi on the occasion of the Galvani bicentenary celebrations (1998) (13)
The formation of the compound nucleus (1956) (12)
Modern physics from an elementary point of view (1970) (10)
Statistical theory of elastic proton-proton scattering at large angles (1965) (10)
ON THE PREPONDERANCE OF PROLATE DEFORMATIONS IN NUCLEI (1961) (10)
Wolfgang Pauli. Wissenschaftlicher Briefwechsel mit Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg u.a. Band I: 1919-29 (1981) (10)
Search for Simplicity: Quantum mechanics and the Pauli principle (1985) (9)
Contemporary frontiers in physics. (1979) (9)
The Recollections of Eugene P Wigner (1992) (9)
The Origin of the Universe (1983) (9)
Quantum Theory an Elementary Particle. (1965) (9)
The Three Spectroscopies (1968) (9)
Phase Transitions in Atomic Nuclei (1953) (9)
Ask a Foolish Question (1988) (9)
Peripheral model predictions for πo and ηo photoproduction (1969) (9)
Longing for the Harmonies: Themes and Variations from Modern Physics (1987) (8)
Why does the sun shine (1978) (8)
Present Status of the Low Energy Nuclear Physics (1959) (8)
PHOTOPRODUCTION OF THE eta MESON. (1968) (8)
Proton-Width Strength Function (1957) (8)
Search for Simplicity (1985) (8)
Nuclear arms race (1983) (7)
Heisenberg: Gesammelte Werke [Collected Works] (1991) (7)
On the Production Process of Mesons (1947) (7)
Shell model and nuclear structure (1952) (7)
TABLES OF PENETRABILITIES FOR CHARGED PARTICLE REACTION (1953) (7)
On the Scattering of Mesons of Spin 1 2 ℏ by Atomic Nuclei (1941) (6)
MESON-NUCLEON SCATTERING AND NUCLEAR FORCES (1959) (6)
Concepts of Particle Physics, Volume 2 (1987) (5)
17 – The Width of Spectral Lines in Gases† (1967) (5)
QUANTUM THEORY AND ELEMENTARY PARTICLES. (1968) (5)
Search for Simplicity: Quantum mechanics of atoms (1985) (5)
Measurement of Transport and Inelastic Scattering Cross Sections for Fast Neutrons. I. Method (1947) (5)
Art and Science (1981) (5)
Endangered support of basic science. (1994) (5)
On the Theory of the Electric Resistance of Metals (1943) (5)
The Los Alamos years (1967) (5)
The place of elementary particle research in the development of modern physics (1963) (5)
Hans Kopfermann (1895-1963) (1964) (4)
Collected scientific papers (1964) (4)
A Model of the Nucleus (1955) (4)
Deviations from the Maxwell Equations resulting from the Theory of the Positron (1936) (4)
The need for basic research. (1970) (4)
Three steps in the structure of matter (1970) (4)
Personal Memories of Pauli (1985) (4)
Looking back on Los Alamos (1985) (4)
Search for Simplicity: The metallic bond (1985) (4)
Two open letters (1964) (4)
United States--soviet scientific exchanges. (1980) (3)
The Theory of Nuclear Reactions. Technical Report No. 42 (1950) (3)
Search for Simplicity: The size of molecules revisited (1985) (3)
Neue Entwicklungen in der Teilchenphysik (1979) (3)
Bicentennial Address: Frontiers and Limits of Physical Sciences (1981) (3)
Niels Bohr, the Quantum, and the World (1985) (3)
What Happened in Physics in the Last Decade (1978) (3)
ON THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OF THE VACUUM ON THE BASIS OF THE QUANTUM THEORY OF THE ELECTRON (2011) (3)
Los Alamos anniversary: “We meant so well” (1983) (3)
16 – Calculation of the Natural Line Width on the Basis of Dirac's Theory of Light† (1967) (3)
Zukunftsperspektiven der Wissenschaft (1974) (3)
Why Pure Science (1965) (3)
Search for Simplicity: Chemical energy (1985) (3)
Search for Simplicity: Thermal Expansion (1985) (3)
Search for Simplicity: The cohesive energy of solids (1985) (3)
The task for a new peace movement (1987) (3)
Physics of mountains—response (1986) (3)
Naturwissenschaft und Gesellschaft: Festvortrag von der Physikertagung 1970 in Hannover (1971) (2)
Science and Ethics (1970) (2)
The "heartbeat of the proton" (1995) (2)
Kernstruktur und moderne Forschung (1968) (2)
Quarks in a bag (1975) (2)
Visas for Foreign Scientists (1954) (2)
Nuclear Shell Structure (1979) (2)
Concepts in Particle Physics, Vol. II. (1988) (2)
Outlook for Physics (1973) (2)
Let Us Pledge Not to Use H-Bomb First! (1950) (2)
Search for Simplicity: Atoms with several electrons (1985) (2)
Fifty-five years of my life in nuclear physics (1991) (2)
Early quantum electrodynamics: The self-energy of the electron (1994) (2)
Lecture Series In Nuclear Physics (1947) (2)
Exchange Forces Between Elementary Particles (1936) (2)
Physical Science Today (1973) (2)
CONNECTION BETWEEN PHYSICS AND OTHER BRANCHES OF SCIENCE. (1966) (2)
Physics and our world : a symposium in honor of Victor F. Weisskopf : Massachusetts Institute of Technology--1974 (1976) (2)
Concepts of Particle Physics, Volume I (1985) (2)
In commemoration of Wolfgang Pauli (1959) (2)
Max Planck: One hundredth birthday celebration (1958) (2)
Physics in France (1951) (2)
Note on the Radiation Properties of Heavy Nuclei (1941) (2)
NEW TRENDS IN PARTICLE PHYSICS (1978) (1)
Physics and society : essays in honor of Victor Frederick Weisskopf by the international community of physicists (1998) (1)
Keynote Talk, ICFA Meeting, May 1984 (1985) (1)
Erratum: On the Scattering and Absorption of Particles by Atomic Nuclei [ (1947) (1)
Debate on the arms race (1978) (1)
Foreword to the Festschrift for Torleif Ericson (1990) (1)
Intuitive approaches to field theory (1975) (1)
No boycott for Trieste (1976) (1)
Search for Simplicity: The molecular bond (1985) (1)
Search for Simplicity: Maxwell, Rayleigh, and Mt. Everest (1986) (1)
No research strike at m.I.T. (1969) (1)
A SUMMARY OF THE NUMERICAL RESULTS OF A THEORETICAL STUDY OF THE SCATTERING OF NEUTRONS BY COMPLEX NUCLEI. TECHNICAL REPORT NO. 62 (1953) (1)
There is still hope for hope (1983) (1)
A Simple Approach to the Adler-Weisberger Relation (1968) (1)
Should Quantum Physics Go Unquestioned (1989) (1)
American-Soviet scientific exchanges: more important than ever (1980) (1)
Ziele und Grenzen der Wissenschaft (2005) (1)
Die Zukunft der Elementarteilchenforschung (1965) (1)
Physik — gestern, heute, morgen (1995) (1)
Kernenergie in Österreich. pro und contra (1976) (1)
Physik im 20. Jahrhundert II (1970) (1)
Reine und angewandte Forschung (1974) (1)
Report on the Visa Situation (1952) (1)
Probleme der Popularisierung der modernen Physik (1990) (1)
Noch gibt es Hoffnung auf Hoffnung (1983) (1)
Quantentheorie und Elementarteilchen I. Die Symmetrien der Atome (1965) (1)
Super-conductivity and the quantization of magnetic flux (1962) (1)
Tribute to Eugene Paul Wigner (1989) (1)
Forschung heute und morgen (1964) (1)
AN AMATEUR'S VIEW OF PARTICLE PHYSICS. (1969) (1)
Ziele und Grenzen der Wissenschaft (1985) (1)
A Defence by Victor F. Weisskopf. (1965) (1)
Gedenkrede für Wolfgang Gentner (1981) (1)
Relevance of Science during Times of Social Stress. (1967) (1)
PAST AND FUTURE OF HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS. (1971) (1)
CERN AND HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS. PART II (1962) (1)
Nuclear wan four pressure points (1982) (1)
Two-Body Problems at Low Energies (1979) (1)
Review of “Theoretical Nuclear Physics” (2001) (1)
The compound nucleus (1955) (1)
The M.I.T. Bag 1975 (1977) (1)
A Soviet Inquiry (1981) (1)
THE PLACES WHERE QUANTUM MECHANICS WAS BORN (1982) (1)
The Promise of High Energy Physics, Why More Accelerators? (1975) (1)
Niels Bohr a memorial tribute (1963) (1)
WHAT IS THE NUCLEON MADE OF. (1971) (1)
Meteoric growth of American physics (1978) (1)
They touched the nerve of the Universe (1980) (1)
Concepts in Particle Physics, Vol. I and Quarks and Leptons (1985) (1)
The impact of quantum theory on modern physics (1973) (1)
Sakharov and East-West relations (1984) (1)
The double-edged sword called technology (1980) (1)
Personal Impressions of Recent Trends in Particle Physics (1982) (1)
ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS (1968) (1)
Personal Impressions of Recent Trends in Particle Physics (1982) (1)
The New Role of Science (1991) (1)
Nuclear structure and nuclear forces (1952) (1)
George Placzek, Theoretical Physicist. (1956) (1)
The overwhelming priority (1980) (1)
What Is Quantum Mechanics (1980) (1)
Recollections of Amos de-Shalit (1972) (1)
Avoiding Nuclear War; There is Still Hope for Hope (1984) (1)
Interaction of Nuclei with Electromagnetic Radiation (1979) (0)
DETAILED REFERENCES OF THE PAPERS QUOTED BY G. 't HOOFT CONCERNING THE EXPERIMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUARK CONFINEMENT AND TO THE U(1) ANOMALY BY A. ZICHICHI AND COLLABORATORS (2001) (0)
The 1979 Bernard Gregory lectures (1980) (0)
To Aid Teachers, Fix the Bureaucracy (1992) (0)
Numerical Analysis of Particle Mass: The Measure of the Universe (1991) (0)
SEARCH FOR HEAVY LEPTONS FROM TIME-LIKE PHOTONS AT CERN (1998) (0)
PUBLISHED 2003 BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS (0)
Letters to the Editor: Personnel of the Atomic Energy Commission (1946) (0)
Relativistic quantum mechanics : lectures given at M.I.T. in 1953/4 (1962) (0)
7)CORRESPONDENCE WITH PAULI (1957) (0)
Book-Review - Concepts of Particle Physics - V.2 (1984) (0)
Two-Body Problems at High Energies (1979) (0)
Letters to the editor. (1975) (0)
How to avoid nuclear war (1984) (0)
The Future of the Academy (1976) (0)
The CERN neutrino experiment (1963) (0)
Letters to the Editor. (1965) (0)
Albert Einstein Centenary (1979) (0)
In memoriam—Olof Palme (1986) (0)
La portée de la Science (1972) (0)
Nuclear Reactions; Application of the Theory to Experiments (1979) (0)
DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN PHYSICS IN ITS RELATION TO RESEARCH ON ELEMENTARY PARTICLES (1964) (0)
Modern insights into the structure of matter (1974) (0)
Travel Restrictions Hurt Scientific Exchanges (1968) (0)
Spontaneous Decay of Nuclei (1979) (0)
Formal Theory of Nuclear Reactions (1979) (0)
BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS: Essays by a Rayleigh-Type Scientist: Physics in the Twentieth Century (1974) (0)
Relevance of Science during Times of Social Stress (1967) (0)
Nobel Prizes: 4 named for international award (Hans Bethe, Manfred Eigen, R.G. Norrish, George Porter). (1967) (0)
CURRENT RESEARCH IN ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS (1963) (0)
PROBLEMS OF NUCLEAR REACTIONS (1962) (0)
Good physics, bad history (1986) (0)
Electron wave photos. (1980) (0)
Response to Turner’s ‘‘The surface of water, or ice’’ (1985) (0)
Nuclear Spectroscopy I. General Theory (1979) (0)
Birth of radioastronomy (1975) (0)
Charge independence and the saturation of nuclear forces (1953) (0)
Panel on Shelter Island I (1985) (0)
Research contributions since the war (1974) (0)
Security Regulations in the Field of Nuclear Research (1947) (0)
Three Problems Facing QCD (2000) (0)
Fisica nucleare = Nuclear physics : Varenna [Italy] 7-26 Agosto 1961 (1963) (0)
Nuclear Spectroscopy II. Special Models (1979) (0)
Cultural andsocial aspects of science anditsrelation tosociety arediscussed. (2008) (0)
PROBLEMS OF QUANTUM PHYSICS COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, JULY 6-10, 1951 (1951) (0)
Public notice of wager (1976) (0)
SOME OPTICAL MODEL CALCULATIONS. Technical Report No. 73 (1960) (0)
A Theoretical Physicist at the Geneva Conference (1955) (0)
Nuclear Models. (1951) (0)
NEUTRON REACTIONS AND THE FORMATION OF THE COMPOUND NUCLEUS (1953) (0)
Certain Neutron Properties of Materials. Part 1. (1944) (0)
Response : Subnuclear Particles: A Question of Social Priorities (1965) (0)
Book Reviews: Scientific Foundations of Vacuum Technique (1949) (0)
DeShalit of Weizmann Institute Dies at 42 (1969) (0)
PERIPHERAL MODEL PREDICITIONS FOR $pi$$sup 0$ AND eta$sup 0$ PHOTOPRODUCTION. (1969) (0)
Nuclear Reactions: General Theory (1979) (0)
Book review (1989) (0)
Je fyzika humánna (1977) (0)
David H. Frisch (1992) (0)
Die Zukunft der Elementarteilchenforschung. Das Deutsche Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) Eigenschaften und Forschungsmöglichkeiten (1965) (0)
Quantentheorie und Elementarteilchen: II. Die neuen Symmetrien (1965) (0)
General Properties of the Nucléus (1979) (0)
Ergebnisse der exakten naturwissenschaften: edited by S. Flügge, et al. 180 pages, diagrams, 6 × 9 in. New York, Springer Verlag, 1965 (1966) (0)
Racial statistics decried (1973) (0)
The Lesser Known Bohr: Redirecting Science . Niels Bohr, Philanthropy, and the Rise of Nuclear Physics. Finn Aaserud. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1990. xiv, 356 pp., illus. $47.50. (1991) (0)
DETAILED REFERENCES OF ALL PAPERS ON THE EFFECTIVE ENERGY AND THE UNIVERSALITY FEATURES (2001) (0)
Three- and Four-Body Problems (1979) (0)
FUTURE OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLE RESEARCH. (1964) (0)

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