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Title The joy of the search for knowledge : a tribute to professor Dan Tsui = Qiu zhi le : jing he Cui Qi jiao shou de wen ji / edited by Cheuk-yin Wong, James Shui-ip Lo, Shui-yin Lo.

Publication Info. Singapore : World Scientific, 1999.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 162 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Preface; Contents; The Nobel Award Announcement from the Swedish Academy of Sciences; Additional Background Material on the Nobel Prize in Physics 1998; My Husband, Dan Tsui; My Father, Dan Tsui; The Four Pui Ching Campuses; Pui Ching Reminiscences; My Schoolmate Dan Tsui; Dan Tsui at the Special Classes Center in Hong Kong in 1957/1958; Daniel Tsui at Augustana College, 1958-1961: Recollections of a Math Teacher; Reminiscences and Recollections of a Friend: A Tribute to Dan Tsui; Reflection on Dan Tsui s Years at Augustana College; An Open Letter to Daniel C. Tsui, from Royal W. Stark.
Summary This invaluable collection of essays pays tribute to Dan Tsui, 1998 Nobel laureate in Physics. It paints a portrait of his outstanding personal attributes through the eyes of his friends and relatives. In addition, it provides a record of the environment which accompanied him in his search for knowledge. This book, capturing Dan Tsui's experience and joy of the search for knowledge, will inspire scholars of all ages.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English, or Chinese.
Subject Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-
Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Festschriften.
Festschriften.
Added Author Wong, Cheuk-Yin.
Lo, James Shui-ip.
Lo, S. Y. (Shui-Yin)
Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-
Added Title Qiu zhi le : jing he Qui Qi jiao shou de wen ji
Other Form: Print version: Joy of the search for knowledge. Singapore : World Scientific, 1999 9810240368 (OCoLC)43059132
ISBN 9812385282 (electronic book)
9789812385284 (electronic book)