Haavard Wiik, who represented an excellent example of what our field of research needs in terms of scientific engagement, human qualities and basic values in order to accomplish the very difficult task of implementing new projects.
During August/September 1999, a group of 68 physicists from 48
laboratories in 17 countries met in Erice to participate in the 37th
Course of the International School of Subnuclear Physics, The countries represented by the participants were: Australia, Belgium,
Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The School was sponsored by the Academies of Sciences of Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine; the Chinese Academy of Sciences; the Commission of the European Communities; the European Physical Society (EPS); the Italian Ministry of Education (MPI); the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research (MURST); the SiciUan Regional Government (ERS); the Weizmann Institute of Science; the World Federation of Scientists and the World Laboratory.
The purpose of the School was to focus attention on the basic unity of fundamental physics both at the theoretical and at the experimental level, as reported in the contents. A new feature of the School, ntroduced in 1996, is a series of special sessions devoted to "New Talents". This is a serious problem in Experimental Physics where collaborations count several hundreds of participants and it is almost impossible for young fellows to be known. Even if with much less emphasis the problem exists also in Theoretical Physics. So we decided to offer the young fellows a possibility to let them be known. Eleven "new talents" were invited to present a paper, followed by a discussion. Three were given the prize: one for the best presentation; one for an original theoretical work; and one for an original experimental work. These special sessions devoted to New Talents represent the projection of Subnuclear Physics on the axis of the young generation.As every year, the discussion sessions have been the focal point of the School's activity. During the organization and the running of this year's Course, I enjoyed the collaboration of two colleagues and friends, Gerardus 't Hooft and Gabriele Veneziano, who shared with me the Directorship of the Course. I would like to thank them, together with the group of invited scientists and all the people who contributed to the success of this
year's Course. I hope the reader will enjoy the book as much as the students attending the lectures and discussion sessions. Thanks to the work of the Scientific Secretaries, the discussions have been reproduced as faithfully as possible. At various stages of my work I have enjoyed the collaboration of many friends whose contributions have been extremely important for the School and are highly appreciated. I thank them most warmly. A final acknowledgement to all tiiose in Erice, Bologna and Geneva, who have helped me on so many occasions and to whom I feel very indebted.DOWNLOAD "Basic n' Highlights Fundamental Physic"
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