E.C.G. Stueckelberg, An Unconventional Figure of Twentieth Century Physics
Born in 1905, Ernst C. G. Stueckelberg was professor of theoretical physics at the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne in the years 1930-1970. He was one of the most eminent Swiss physicists of the 20th century. His breakthroughs, from his causal S-matrix
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Jan Lacki Henri Ruegg Gérard Wanders Editors
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Editors: Jan Lacki REHSEIS, UMR 7596, CNS, and Université de Genève Unité „Histoire et Philosophie des Sciences“ Faculté des Sciences 24, Quai E. Ansermet 1211 Genève 4 Switzerland e-mail: [email protected]
Henri Ruegg 6, Chemin du Claiset 1256 Troinex Switzerland
Gérard Wanders 13, Chemin de la Cure 1012 Lausanne Switzerland
2000 Mathematical Subject Classification: 81-03, 00B60, 01A75
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List of Contributors
Olivier Darrigol REHSEIS, UMR 7596, CNRS Paris France [email protected] Werner Israel Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Victoria Victoria BC, V8W 3P6 Canada [email protected] Jan Lacki REHSEIS, UMR 7596, CNRS, and Unit´e “Histoire et Philosophie des Sciences” Facult´e des Sciences Universit´e de Gen`eve 24, quai E. Ansermet CH-1211 Gen`eve 4 Switzerland [email protected] Henri Ruegg Professor emeritus Section de Physique Universit´e de Gen`eve 6, chemin du Claiset CH-1256 Troinex Switzerland [email protected]
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Dr. Marti Ruiz-Altaba Coll`ege de Sta¨el, Gen`eve 25 route de St. Julien CH-1227 Carouge Switzerland [email protected] G´erard Wanders Professor emeritus University of Lausanne Chemin de la Cure 13 CH-1012 Lausanne Switzerland [email protected]
Preface
Born in 1905, Ernst C. G. Stueckelberg was one of the most eminent Swiss physicists of the 20th century. He spent most of his career as professor of theoretical physics at the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne, in the years 1930–70. He took part in the development of modern theoretical physics through his work on molecular physics, on the theory of nuclear forces, and his breakthroughs in elementary particle physics, the S-matrix and the renormalization group. In spite of their relevance and originality, his results were often unnoticed and did not attract the attention they deserved. In some way, Stueckelberg became a kind of legend: his name is famous but one doesn’t rea
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