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.
Roman Jackiw is Zacharias Professor of Physics, Emeritus at MIT. Nicola N. Khuri is Professor Emeritus at The Rockefeller University. Steven Weinberg holds the Josey Regental Chair in Science at the University of Texas at Austin. Edward Witten is Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.