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Los Alamos Science No. 14, Fall 1986
Natural Heat Engine
| Natural heat engines were the passion of the late John Wheatley, one of the greatest low-temperature physicists of the 20th century. Natural engines have no moving parts, making them ideal for applications in space. John Wheatley loved them because they could be fully understood using classical thermodynamics. In a roundtable, his colleagues bring to life Wheatley's unique style of work and dedication. Other topics in this volume include the application of photoconductivity to ultra-fast electronic devices, LANL-sponsored geothermal energy projects in the Caribbean Basin, and finally Herb Anderson's tribute to Nick Metropolis. Metropolis is famous for designing the MANIAC, one of the first digital computers and for greatly improving the effectiveness of the Monte Carlo method, an extremely useful numerical technique invented at Los Alamos that employs statistical sampling to simulate the results of complicated physical phenomena. |
| Table of Contents | PDF Size | Cover and Table of Contents
| 4619 kB | The Natural Heat Engine
John C. Wheatley, Gregory W. Swift, and Albert Migliori | 5153 kB | John Wheatley (1927-1986): Pushing the Limits
A round table with Gordon Baym, Al Clogston, Sig Hecker, Matti Krusius, Al Migliori, David Pines, and Greg Swift | 2434 kB | Photoconductivity and Picosecond Signals
Robert B. Hammond | 3330 kB | Caribbean Basin Proyecto
An interview with Robert J. Hanold and Verne W. Loose | 6248 kB | Metropolis, Monte Carlo, and the MANIAC
Herbert L. Anderson | 2113 kB |
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