E.C.G. Stueckelberg, An Unconventional Figure of Twentieth Century Physics [electronic resource] : Selected Scientific Papers with Commentaries / edited by Jan Lacki, Henri Ruegg, GȨrard Wanders.

Ernst C. G. Stueckelberg: Biography and Personal Recollections -- Overview of Stueckelbergs Life as a Scientist -- Stueckelberg in Geneva and Lausanne -- Scientific Work -- Stueckelberg and Molecular Physics -- Stueckelbergs Covariant Perturbation Theory -- Stueckelbergs Unitary Field Theory of 19361939 -- Stueckelberg 19371942: The B-Field and Antiparticles as Time-Reversed Particles -- Stueckelberg and the S-Matrix Theory -- Relativistic Thermodynamics -- Stueckelbergs Selected Papers -- Theorie der unelastischen Stȵsse zwischen Atomen -- Relativistisch invariante Stȵrungstlieorie des Diracechen, JElehtrons I. Teil: Streustrahlung und Bremsstrahlung -- Austauschskrfte zwischen Elementarteilchen und Fermische Theorie des ?-Zerfalls als Konsquenzen einer mȵglichen Feldtheorie der Materie [26] -- Radioactive ?-decay and nuclear exchange forces as a consequence of a unitary field theory [27] -- Artificial radioactivity giving continuous ?-radiation [30] -- ȣber die Methode der physikalischen Naturbeschreibung [33] -- On the existence of heavy electrons [38] -- Die Wechselwirkungs Krfte in der Elektrodynamik und in der Feldtheorie der Kernkraefte (I) [39] -- Die Wechselwirkungskrfte in der Elektrodynamik und in der Feldtheorie der Kernkrfte (Teil II und III) [40] -- La signification du temps propre en mȨcanique ondulatoire [53] -- Remarque propos de la crȨation de paires de particules en theorie de relativitȨ [54] -- La mȨcanique du point matȨriel en thȨorie de relativitȨ et en thȨorie des quanta [56] -- An unambiguous method of avoiding divergence difficulties in quantum theory [67] -- Une proprietȨ de lopȨrateur S en mȨcanique asymptotique [78] -- A convergent expression for the magnetic moment of the neutron [81] -- Erratum: A Convergent Expression for the Magnetic Moment of the Neutron -- CausalitȨ et structure de la Matrice S [82] -- A propos des divergences en thȨorie des champs quantifiȨs [83] -- Relativistic Quantum Theory for Finite Time Intervals [84] -- Elimination des constantes arbitraires dans la theorie relativiste des quanta [85] -- Restriction of Possible Interaction in Quantum Electrodynamics [86] -- The normalization group in quantum theory [87] -- Thermodynamique en RelativitȨ GȨnȨrale [89].

Born in 1905, Ernst C. G. Stueckelberg was professor of theoretical physics at the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne in the years 1930-1970. He was one of the most eminent Swiss physicists of the 20th century. His breakthroughs, from his causal S-matrix to the renormalization group, have influenced the development of contemporary theoretical physics. The book presents a selection of his most important scientific papers. They are preceded with a series of introductory essays, contributed by scientists and historians, specialists of Stueckelbergs achievements and time. These essays deal with the scientific context and the issues of the various topics that Stueckelberg tackled in his scientific career and serve as an enlightening complement to the reprinted papers. The volume also contains Stueckelbergs concise biography and an exhaustive list of his publications. It ambitions to provide an authoritative source gathering in a single place all the material needed to assess the scientific achievements of one of the most important, albeit somehow overlooked, scientists of 20th century.