Nishina Memorial Lectures, 2008 Creators of Modern Physics Lecture Notes in Physics Series, Vol. 746

1. Abstraction in Modern Science Werner Karl Heisenberg 2. Yoshio Nishina, the Pioneer of Modern Physics in Japan Ryogo Kubo 3. Tomonaga Sin-Itiro : A Memorial unskip ignorespaces -- Two Shakers of Physics Julian Schwinger 4. The Discovery of the Parity Violation in Weak Interactions and Its Recent Developments Chien-Shiung Wu 5. Origins of Life Freeman J. Dyson 6. The Computing Machines in the Future Richard P. Feynman 7. Niels Bohr and the Development of Concepts in Nuclear Physics Ben R. Mottelson 8. From X-Ray to Electron Spectroscopy Kai Siegbahn 9. Theoretical Paradigms for the Sciences of Complexity Philip W. Anderson 10. Some Ideas on the Aesthetics of Science Philip W. Anderson 11. Particle Physics and Cosmology: New Aspects of an Old Relationship Leon Van Hove 12. The Experimental Discovery of CP Violation James W. Cronin 13. The Nanometer Age: Challenge and Change Heinrich Rohrer 14. From Rice to Snow Pierre-Gilles de Gennes 15. SCIENCE --- A Round Peg in a Square World Harold Kroto 16. Are We Really Made of Quarks? Jerome I. Friedman 17. Very Elementary Particle Physics Martinus J.G. Veltman 18. The Klein-Nishina Formula & Quantum Electrodynamics Chen Ning Yang Appendix. List of Nishina Memorial Lectures