1968 · Amsterdam:
by KASTELEYN, Pieter W. (1924-1996).
Amsterdam:: Fundamental Problems in Statistical Mechanics II., 1968., 1968. Offprint. pp. 30-70. Original printed wrappers. From the collection of Abraham Pais. Very good. Kasteleyn was a Dutch physicist, renowned for contributions he made in statistical mechanics. After the war, Leiden University reopened and he undertook the study of physics, graduating in 1951. He defended his Ph.D. thesis working under S.R. de Groot in 1956. By 1963, Kasteleyn was nominated Full Professor at the Lorentz Institute of Theoretical Physics in Leiden. From 1978 to 1984 he was chairman of the Commission for Theoretical Physics of the Dutch National Physics Foundation. He retired in 1985. (Inventory #: S13285)