Mathematical Physics and Quantum Field Theory
Electron. J. Diff. Eqns., Conf. 04, 2000, pp. 197-206.

Columbia physics in the fifties: Untold tales

J. Sucher

Abstract:
Eyvind Wichmann and I were both graduate students at Columbia University in the fifties, a decade of remarkable creativity by a star-studded physics faculty, which included some ten Nobel Laureates. I share some reminiscences about our time there and explain the role played in our relationship by an eightball.

Published July 12, 2000.
Mathematics Subject Classifications: 01A70, 01A80, 81-03.
Key words: Eyvind Wichmann, Columbia University, Nobel Laureates, eightball, billiard ball.

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Joseph Sucher
Department of Physics
University of Maryland
College Park MD 20742
e-mail: jsucher@physics.umd.edu

Sucher (L) and Wichmann (R).

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