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Essays on the Future

In Honor of Nick Metropolis

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  • © 2000

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  1. Siegfried S. Hecker

    1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, USA

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. The Future of Nuclear Power

    • Harold Agnew
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Nature of Informational Modeling

    • Robert L. Ashenhurst
    Pages 5-10

  4. Long Time, No See

    • Kenneth Baclawski
    Pages 11-26

  5. The Once and Future Role for Approximate Calculations

    • George A. Baker Jr.
    Pages 27-44

  6. Possible Future Trends in Relativity

    • N. L. Balazs
    Pages 45-59

  7. The Future of Libraries

    • J. Arthur Freed
    Pages 61-72

  8. The Future of Physics

    • R. W. Hamming
    Pages 73-81

  9. The Monte Carlo Method in Mathematical Finance

    • Michael Hawrylycz
    Pages 83-105

  10. A Future Basis for National Security and International Policy

    • O’Dean P. Judd
    Pages 107-122

  11. On the Future of Combinatorics

    • Daniel J. Kleitman
    Pages 123-134

  12. Apocalypticism, One-Time Events, and Scientific Rationality

    • Martin H. Krieger
    Pages 135-151

  13. The Future of Russian Science and Technology

    • N. H. Krikorian
    Pages 153-172

  14. The Future of Differential Equations

    • Peter D. Lax
    Pages 173-176

  15. The Future of Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum

    • James D. Louck
    Pages 177-207

  16. Cancer and the Future

    • Theodore T. Puck
    Pages 209-215

  17. Cancer Treatment with Nuclear Particles

    • M. R. Raju
    Pages 217-231

  18. On Pure and Applied Mathematics

    • R. D. Richtmyer
    Pages 233-236

  19. The ‘Legion of Science’

    • Jack Schwartz
    Pages 237-240

  20. Future Issues in Philosophy

    • Robert Sokolowski
    Pages 241-254
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About this book

The present work represents a unique undertaking in scientific publishing to honor Nick Metropolis, who passed away in October, 1999. Nick was the last survivor of the Manhattan Project that began during World War II in Los Alamos and later became the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In this volume, some of the leading scientists and humanists of our time have contributed essays related to their respective disciplines exploring various aspects of future developments in science, technology, and society. Speculations on the future developments of science and society, philosophy, national security, nuclear power, pure and applied mathematics, physics and biology, particle physics, computing, information science, among many others, are included. Contributors include: H. Agnew * R. Ashenhurst * K. Baclawski * G. Baker * N. Balazs * J.A. Freed * R. Hamming * M. Hawrylycz * O. Judd * D. Kleitman * M. Krieger * N. Krikorian * P. Lax * J.D. Louck * T. Puck * M. Raju * R. Richtmyer * J. Schwartz * R. Sokolowski * E. Teller * M. Waterman

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  • Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, USA

    Siegfried S. Hecker

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