Charles Kittel’s perseverance
APR 01, 2020
DOI: 10.1063/PT.3.4444
I read with great sadness the obituary of Charles Kittel (Physics Today, October 2019, page 73 ). I have something to add—namely, his incredible courage in the face of a major speech impediment. His example of not bowing to his disability but soldiering on was an inspiration to anyone lucky enough to hear him speak. I look back at my incredible fortune in having spent time with Professor Kittel, and my guess is that thousands of physicists around the world would say the same thing.
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Bernard J. Feldman. (feldmanb@umsl.edu) University of Missouri–St. Louis.
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