edited by Alberto Giovannini (Torino University)

This important volume describes the wide-ranging scientific activities of Léon Van Hove, through commentaries by his colleagues and a selection of his most influential papers and documents. The reprinted papers are grouped by topic, starting from his early work in mathematics and theoretical and statistical physics, up to his very last contributions in elementary particle physics and multiparticle dynamics. Van Hove's career as teacher, director and science advisor in many European institutions is presented in sketches by friends and coworkers. A selection of his speeches and documented thoughts on science completes the volume.

• Part 1:
  • Selected papers on lattice dynamics and neutron scattering (commentary by N Gidopoulos & S W Lovesey)
  • selected papers on perturbation theory of large quantum systems (commentary by N M Hugenholtz) and on an extension of the Lee-model (commentary by Th W Ruijgrok)
  • selected papers on equilibrium statistical mechanics (commentary by R Balescu & I Prigogine) and on non-equilibrium statistical mechanics (commentary by T Petrosky & I Prigogine)
  • from neutrons to quarks (J J J Kokkedee)
  • selected papers on longitudinal phase space analysis (commentary by W Kittel)
  • selected papers on high energy collisions and internal hadron structure (commentary by A Bialas)
  • selected papers on ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions (commentary by M Jacob)
  • selected papers on multihadron production and QCD parton showers (commentary by A Giovannini)
  • from particles to stars to astroparticles (commentary by G Setti)
• Part 2:
  • Léon Van Hove in Utrecht (N M Hugenholtz & Th W Ruijgrok)
  • Léon Van Hove at CERN (F Bonaudi, M Jacob, E Gabathuler & V Soergel)
  • Léon Van Hove at Max-Planck-Institut in Munich (N Schmitz)
  • Léon Van Hove at the European Space Agency (R M Bonnet)
• Part 3:
  • The man in his own words (M Van Hove)