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COM.ONIXSUITE.9782803109012 03 02 i6doc 01 SKU 105603 02 2803109018 03 9782803109012 15 9782803109012 02 01 00 BC 01 9.45 in 02 6.61 in 01 24 cm 02 16.80 cm 01 01 I had a dream Adventures of an Insomniac Physicist 1 A01 01 Onixsuite Contributor ID 21556 Amand Lucas Lucas, Amand Amand Lucas 1 01 eng 07 216 03 10 BIO000000 10 SCI000000 12 B 12 P 24 INTERNET Biographies 24 INTERNET Histoire 24 INTERNET Physique 29 2012 3801 OUVRAGES DE DOCUMENTATION 01 05 01 06 03 00 I begin with my physics studies (1956-1966) at the university of Liège (Chap. I). Then I go over to my several postdocs in the USA and in Europe (Chap. II to IV). Then, I explain my career at the university of Namur (Chap. V to XI). This period includes my excursions into molecular biology and aspects of the history of sciences in the 20th century. I describe my links with the Donostia International Physics Center in San Sebastian, Spain where I continued my activities after retiring from the university of Namur in 2002 (Chap. VII and VIII). In the final chapters (Chap. XII to XIV), I formulate tributes to colleagues and collaborators and I end with an introspection on my lifeline as a professional physicist. 02 00 I begin with my physics studies (1956-1966) at the university of Liège (Chap. I). 04 00 INTRODUCTION The role of Insomnias and Other Brain Short Circuits in my scientific work To Jenny and other women A feeling of perpetual inadequacy Why Physics? Why a scientific biography and for whom? Why bother? PART I — T HE FIRST 25 Y EARS I. MASTER (1960) A ND PHD (1966) AT ULG, BELGIUM Bachelor and Master degree An early dreamer In search of a PhD research subject Finding a personal research project in dispersion forces Working out an exactly soluble model of dispersion forces My first insomnia Polarization waves: a collective method of treating dispersion forces Mind these factors 2π The lure of avionics Deriving the perturbation expansion in one go The ugly head of failure Exploring the retardation effects Writing up my thesis Looking for a postdoc II. POSTDOC IN COLUMBUS, OHIO 39 Getting started Discovering surface science Another kind of introspection Some side stories Publishing papers while dodging numerical work Mathematics, Physics and billiards Billiards is a good game III. TRIESTE In preparation for Trieste Moving to Trieste (1970) Quantizing the phonon field Insomnia via Revoltella Another collaborator IV. NOORDWIJK (1971-72) A new place FIM and Jason's peaks in FIS Jason's peaks interpreted as a failure to gain spectrum A surprise: surface plasmons and the image potential My serious blunder with field ion desorption (FID) Surface plasmons and the surface energy of metals An incident in Göteborg "The easiest person to fool is oneself" (R. Feynman) Working with Paul Cutler V. UNAMUR-IBM YORKTOWN (1974-1979) Moving again Digging my hole in UNamur Sabbatical at IBM T. J. Watson Laboratory, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Back to UNamur. Steve's Progress Helium Excimer fluorescence A patent for a VUV source An update on my Billiards VI. HREELS-IBM ALMADEN (1981-1994) Fresh blood in LPS 97 HREELS from anisotropic material surfaces HREELS from plane stratified media and superlattices A few mischiefs and other side stories Confessionals Sabbatical at IBM Almaden The C60 Bombshell POW in Fullerite Dust in the universe PART II — T HE N EXT 25 Y EARS 117 VII. DNA, CNT (1997-2000) Festschrift in 1997 Dreaming of a striptease A funny incident in Kirchberg, Austria A video From Light to Life, "De la Lumière à la Vie" Interest in Molecular Biology Jean Vandenhaute and the Collège Belgique Collisions in the universe Re-doing the Miller-Urey experiment de Duve vs Monod The Institute and the Journal of Chemical Education An insomnia for an optical slide of both A-DNA and B-DNA CCV Theory transported from DNA to carbon nanotubes (CNT) VIII. GAIN SPECTRA. PART I (2000-2008) A meeting in Waillet Shock and fists at a Brandt-Ritchie workshop Intermezzo: Anniversaries in 2005 and 2013 in San Sebastian A memorable conference at the Belgian Academy IX. GAIN SPECTRA. PART II (2008-2012) Brainstorming at DIPC on C60-Arq+ gain spectra The breakthrough (2009): the failure-to-gain idea Mind the gaps. The role of the σ-plasmons The slaying of a beautiful hypothesis The two-electron spectra Publishing the results (2010) X. THE BOMB A ND T HE SWASTIKA (2005-2012) The making of the A-bomb Uranverein, Alsos and Epsilon The Farm Hall Transcripts Einstein's letter at the theatre A Play in Four Acts XI. ATOMIC RICOCHETS (2012-2014) Ion scattering at grazing incidence Atomic ricochets Dodging machine calculations XII. TRIBUTE TO JEAN-POL V IGNERON Recruting Jean-Pol Lord of Living Light An absurd fate XIII. THE GANG OF FOUR OR FIVE. HOMAGE TO PEDRO ECHENIQUE The rise of friendships The first encounter Pedro takes off A passionate mind for the scientific culture The gang I H AD A D REAM LOOKING BACK Breadth of interest An apology The joy of discovery Why do people do science? The right to make mistakes in scientific research One or two achievements which I am most proud of Acknowledgements LIST OF ACRONYMS 01 00 03 02 01 D502 02 4134 03 2856 06 1e721578cada4468ddafcc94fdb109da 07 1621156 https://i6doc.com/resources/titles/28001100733650/images/98785ca89cfbbe933921bfe68a94553b/HIGHQ/9782803109012.jpg 17 20230824T1346Z 02 01 D502 02 181 03 125 06 936ab56221bce76850bf551fedf4928b 07 27522 https://i6doc.com/resources/titles/28001100733650/images/98785ca89cfbbe933921bfe68a94553b/THUMBNAIL/9782803109012.jpg 17 20230824T1346Z 09 00 03 02 01 D502 https://i6doc.com/resources/publishers/428.jpg Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 01 Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 02 Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique Buscemi 04 01 20230816 11 20230816 02 WORLD 02 01 GCOI 28001100733650 06 03 9782803109029 WORLD 04 03 06 3012405004818 CIACO - DUC 33 www.i6doc.com http://www.i6doc.com 01 2 20 1 02 00 02 02 STD 02 40.00 01 R 6.00 37.74 2.26 EUR