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Barry Simon 70 Fest, Montreal August 2016

September 4, 2016 by Yossi Avron

A bushy unkempt beard a big man I once feared The small mischievous smile Reassured me for a while The twinkle in the eye The gift you can’t deny a polymath with style Prodigious and agile Sometimes rough, always busy Doing so much ain’t so easy Books prized far and near Hey Kohelleth did you …

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Joshua Zak: Wigner medal Laudatio

August 17, 2014 by Yossi Avron

It is a pleasure and honor to deliver the laudatio for Professor Joshua Zak, the 2014 Wigner medal Laureate. As I will recount below, besides Joshua’s scientific achievements, there has been a thread through much of his life connecting him to the person implicitly also honored at this ceremony, Eugene Wigner. But before I get …

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Brain drain

April 24, 2009 by Yossi Avron

The IDF-induced brain drain – An article published in Haaretz link to the journal    

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Kuper Charles

February 22, 2009 by Yossi Avron

 צרלס קופר צרלס קופר נולד ביוהנסבורג בשנת 1926. בן עשרים קבל את התואר הראשון שלו בצירוף מדלית הצטיינות מיוחדת, מדלית Cullen מאוניברסיטת Witwaterstrand. הוא היה בן כתה של חתן פרס נובל אהרון קלוג ואיתו הוא גם חלק חדר בין השנים 1946-1949 כסטודנט לדוקטורט באוניברסיטת Cambridge. הוא עמד בבחינות ה Triposהאגדתיות במתמטיקה ופיסיקה והיה גאה בכך …

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Inauguration of the Asher space institute

February 12, 2009 by Yossi Avron

We are celebrating today the inauguration of the Norman and Hellen Asher space research institute. I want to thank the Robert Asher and Maureen Schonbeck for their generosity and vision and their recognition of the vital importance of space research to the Technion, to Israel and to mankind. Space is a frontier of science of …

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