EAN: 9783031271243

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNO...

This book describes the groundbreaking work of Chaim Leib Pekeris and his collaborators.
Between 1955 and 1963 they used the first electronic computer built in Israel  the Weizmann
Automatic Computer (WEIZAC)  to develop powerful numerical methods that helped achieve new and
accurate solutions of the Boltzmann equation  calculate energy levels of the helium atom 
produce detailed geophysical and seismological models derived from the study of the free
oscillations of the earth  and refine models used to predict meteorological phenomena and
global oceanic tides. This book provides a unique account of the pioneering work of Chaim L.
Pekeris in applied mathematics and explains in detail the background to the rise of the
Weizmann Institute as a world-class center of scientific excellence. This hitherto untold story
is of great interest to historians of twentieth-century science with special emphasis on the
application of computer-assisted numerical methods in various branches of mathematical physics.

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