Hermann Haken: From the Laser to Synergetics A Scientific Biography of the Early Years /

• Main Author: Kröger, Bernd (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Engineering.; History.; Physics.; Statistical physics.; Complexity, Computational.; Complexity.; Nonlinear Dynamics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Science.

Hermann Haken (born 1927) is one of the “fathers” of the quantum-mechanical laser theory, formulated between 1962 and 1966, in strong competition with American researchers. Later on, he created Synergetics, the science of cooperation in multicomponent systems. The book concentrates on the developmen...