Issue 13, 2021

Jan Peter Toennies: an ebullient serendipitous adventurer

Abstract

Our 1. Prologue section applauds some previous celebrations of Peter's inspiring ebullient adventures, including a remarkable new book by Giorgio Benedek and Peter on investigations of surfaces by helium beam scattering. The next sections treat 2. Peter's personal genealogy and 3. Peter's scientific genealogy. Section 4 presents Meanderings and serendipity on the way from Bonn to Göttingen. Section 5 lists Peter's awards and Section 6 is our Epilogue that features an Ode to Peter as well as his response.

Graphical abstract: Jan Peter Toennies: an ebullient serendipitous adventurer

Article information

Article type
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Submitted
04 nov 2020
Accepted
04 nov 2020
First published
15 dec 2020

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 7525-7540

Jan Peter Toennies: an ebullient serendipitous adventurer

B. Friedrich and D. Herschbach, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 7525 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP90251A

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