Properties of matter under unusual conditions; in honor of Edward Teller's 60th birthday. - Teller, Edward, 1908-2003.; Mark, Hans, 1929-; Fernbach, Sidney, 1917- (New York, Interscience Publishers, 1969)
An appreciation on the 60th birthday of Edward Teller, by E. P. Wigner.--The concept of "understanding" in theoretical physics, by W. Heisenberg.--On the origin of galaxies, by G. Gamow.--The origin of deep-focus earthquakes, by D. T. Griggs and D. W. Baker.--Response of rocks to stress, by G. H. Higgins.--Material properties at high pressure, by R. E. Duff.--Polymeric materials for extreme conditions, by H. F. Mark.--Ultra-high neutron fluxes; their production and use, by F. de Hoffmann and W. L. Whittemore.--The physics of high temperature plasma, by R. F. Post.--Numerical simulation of turbulent flow, by C. E. Leith.--A statistical mechanical treatment of macroscopic change with time, by J. E. Mayer.--Approximate symmetries in atomic and elementary particle physics, by H. P. Dürr.--On the theory of near-adiabatic transitions, by K. M. Watson.--Some solutions of the classical isotopic gauge field equations, by T. T. Wu and C. N. Yang.--Eigenvalues of Casimir operators, by C. L. Critchfield.--Strange matter, by J. A. Wheeler.
Includes bibliographies.
Keywords: Teller, Edward, -- 1908-2003.; Science