I was born in 1923 into a middle class Jewish family in Vienna, a few years after the end of World War I, which was disastrous from the Austrian point of view. — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
My father, who had lost a brother, fighting on the Austrian side in World War I, was a committed pacifist. — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto. — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments… — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
In particular, I established a reasonably accurate energy threshold for permanent displacement of a nucleus from its regular lattice position, substantially smaller than had… — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in… — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for… — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
However, while the Nazi barbarians and their collaborators threatened the entire world, I could not accept his philosophy and, after several earlier attempts, was… — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
My project was radiation damage of Si and Ge by energetic electrons, critical for the use of the recently developed semiconductor devices for applications… — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
I am very much a scientist, and so I naturally have thought about religion also through the eyes of a scientist. When I do… — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron. — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
I was born in 1923 into a middle class Jewish family in Vienna, a few years after the end of World War I, which… — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
My father, who had lost a brother, fighting on the Austrian side in World War I, was a committed pacifist. — Walter Kohn Copy Share Image
