Publisher's Synopsis
This vital document of 20th-century physics features information concerning the original 1947 Shelter Island conference organized by J. Robert Oppenheimer as well as the follow-up 1983 meeting. Distinguished contributors include Stephen W. Hawking, Hans Bethe, Murray Gell-Mann, Stephen L. Adler, Alan H. Guth, T. D. Lee, W. E. Lamb, Jr., and other luminaries.