Chaim L. Pekeris And The Art Of Applying Mathematics With Weizac 19551963

This book describes the groundbreaking work of Chaim Leib Pekeris and his collaborators. Between 1955 and 1963 they used the first electronic computer built in Israel the Weizmann Automatic Computer WEIZAC to develop powerful numerical methods that helped achieve new and accurate solutions of the Boltzmann equation calculate energy levels of the helium atom produce detailed geophysical and seismological models derived from the study of the free oscillations of the earth and refine models used to