TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clary,David C.
TI  - Walter Kohn: from Kindertransport and internment to DFT and the Nobel Prize 
SN  - 9789811291951
KW  - Kohn, Walter,
KW  - Physicists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Jewish scientists
KW  - Nobel Prize winners
KW  - Density functionals
KW  - Biographies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "This book is the first ever biography of Walter Kohn. Sir David Clary traces Kohn's early life in Vienna and his dramatic escape from the Nazis on the Kindertransport to England in 1939, followed by Kohn's internment as an "enemy alien" and his transportation to Canada in 1940. His subsequent scientific career is discussed in detail, including his remarkable sabbatical in France when he discovered DFT, and his enduring efforts on peace initiatives and reduction of nuclear proliferation"--
ER  -