Viki Weisskopf

Victor Frederick Weisskopf was born on September 19, 1908, in Vienna, into a comfortable, assimilated and cultured Jewish family as a second child of Emil and Martha Weisskopf (maiden last name: Gut). He is regarded as one of the great men of the 20th-century physics. His contributions to physics, science, and society in general had been many. He was a highly accomplished researcher, innovative administrator, scientific statesman, inspired teacher, passionate pianist, and articulate spokesman for the international community of physicists and scientists. His deep interest in history, politics, art, music, and other human endeavors is the product of his unique polymathic mind. He was a man of warmth, compassion, and wisdom-a contemplative and unpretentious human being.