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Among the founding fathers of modern quantum physics few have contributed to our basic understanding of its concepts as much as E.P. Emch edited most of those papers and wrote a very helpful introduction into Wigner's contributions to Natural Philosophy.

The first part of this third volume of Wigner's Collected Works is devoted to his analysis of symmetries in quantum mechanics, of the relativistic wave equations, of relativistic particle theory, and of field theory.

Eugene Wigner is one of the very few scientists that maysafely be describedas creators of 20th-century physics. Weinberg surveys Wigner's contributions tonuclear-reaction physics and nuclear engineering, at thesame time giving a glimpse of the early history ofnuclear-reactor technology.

The fourth volume of the Collected Works is devoted to Wigners contribution to physical chemistry, statistical mechanics and solid-state physics. Although few in number, Wigners articles on solid-state physics laid the foundations for the modern theory of the electronic structure of metals.

The first part of this third volume of Wigner's Collected Works is devoted to his analysis of symmetries in quantum mechanics, of the relativistic wave equations, of relativistic particle theory, and of field theory. It is introduced by the masterly annotation of Arthur S. Wightman. Abner Shimony annotates the second part where the reader will find Wigner's contributions to the foundations of quantum physics and to the problems of measurement.