1st Edition
Benjamin Lax - Interviews on a Life in Physics at MIT Understanding and Exploiting the Effects of Magnetic Fields on Matter
Chapter 1: Early Years in Miskolc, Hungary, 1915-1926
Chapter 2: School Days in Brooklyn, 1926-1936
Chapter 3: College Days at Brooklyn College and Cooper Union 1936-1942
Chapter 4: Army Days at Officer Candidate School and the MIT Radiation Laboratory, 1942-1945
Chapter 5: Graduate School in Physics at MIT, 1945-1951
Chapter 6: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 1951-1958
Chapter 7: MIT Frances Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, 1958-198
Chapter 8: Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, 1958-1981
Chapter 9: Professor of Physics at MIT, 1965-1981
Chapter 10: Emeritus Years and Consulting, 1981-2006
Biography
Dr. Donald T. Stevenson (Interviewer), a close colleague and friend of Lax’s throughout their long careers at MIT, joined MIT Lincoln Laboratory in 1951, the same year as Lax. He retired from MIT in 1989 as Assistant Director of the Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory.
Dr. Marion B. Reine (Editor) was an MIT graduate student of Lax’s. He did his thesis research at the Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory.
Dr. Roshan L. Aggarwal (Editor) joined the MIT Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory in 1965, where he worked closely with Lax on the optical properties of semiconductors. He retired from MIT Lincoln Laboratory in 2016 after 51 years of research and teaching at MIT.
"This book provides a valuable insight into a 60-year career in physics at one of the world’s major research universities, MIT. It explores the organization, funding and conduct of solid state physics research in the second half of the twentieth century. This book is accompanied by an on-line supplement that includes a complete bibliography of Lax’s publications."— Microwave Journal, 2020
