Frederick C Seitz

Electronic Genie: THE TANGLED HISTORY OF SILICON

Electronic Genie takes its readers on a two-century journey that begins with Antoine Lavoisiter's prediction of the existence of silicon as an element. It traces the emergence of silicon as key to the development of most forms of today's electronics and its role in making possible the revolutionary ...

A Selection of Highlights from the History of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-2005

This work relates selected events in the history of the National Academy focusing on the terms of the various presidents from the first, Alexander D. Bache, the great grandson of Benjamin Franklin, to the most recent, Ralph Cicerone. In its early days, the Academy was fostered by the Smithsonian Ins...

On the Frontier

Market: General physics community, especially those in condensed matter and crystallography, as well as historians of science. This revealing autobiography by a prominent physicist and distinguished member of the physics community spans the past 60 years. From the people he knew to the events he wit...

Stalin's Captive: Nikolaus Riehl and the Soviet Race for the Bomb (History of Modern Chemical Sciences)

"This historic book . . . presents Riehl's absorbing account of his key role in the production of pure uranium for . . . the Soviet nuclear bomb program [and], written by uniquely qualified Frederick Seitz, an extraordinary and perceptive introduction."--Glenn Seaborg, Nobel laureate in Chemistry "A...

Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate

Are the often alarming claims about global warming based on science and justified by the facts? Is the human race really facing a major crisis due to emissions from fossil fuels? Would the proposed Climate Treaty solve a real environmental threat or would it create worldwide economic and social harm...

The Science Matrix: The Journey, Travails, Triumphs

In these essays, Professor Seitz, President Emeritus of Rockefeller University, and one of the developers of modern semiconductor physics, investigates the role of science in modern society, its origins, and its development.

SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE GR-

Book by Jastrow, Robert, Nierenberg, William, Seitz, Frederick

Solid State Physics: Advances in Research and Applications, Vol. 24

Frederick Seitz

Frederick Seitz (July 4, 1911 March 2, 2008) was an American physicist and a pioneer of solid state physics. Seitz was president of Rockefeller University, and...