of wavepacket propagation. In physics, Heller is known for his work on quantum chaos, particularly on scar theory. Heller's more recent work has focused on the study of two dimensional electron gases, quantum mirages in quantum corrals, scattering theory, few-body quantum mechanics, semiclassical methods, and freak waves in the ocean. Many (though not all) of these studies make use of the time-dependent quantum mechanics ideas from his earlier work. Publications Heller published a book called Why You Hear What You Hear on acoustics and psychoacoustics (Princeton, 2013). Ostensibly a textbook, it contains many new perspectives on acoustics, including of musical instruments and voice. The psychoacoustics of pitch perception forms the longest chapter. In June, 2018 a second book authored by Heller was published by Princeton University Press. Called The Semiclassical Way (to dynamics and spectroscopy), it is about quantum mechanics and classical mechanics and exploiting the computationally useful and helpfully intuitive connections between them. It shares a foundation with Why You Hear What You Hear in that both books are about understanding wave phenomena. Heller is mentioned in the Nebula Award winning novel The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro, a science fiction novel based in part on Heller's theories. Asaro, who was a student of Heller's, dedicated the book to him and her other two mentors, Alex Dalgarno and Kate Kirby. References Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network Lawrence Technological University Cisler E. Walker Lecture Series External links The Heller Group website at Harvard The Eric J. Heller Gallery 1946 births Living people Harvard University alumni University of Minnesota alumni University of Washington faculty University of California, Los Angeles faculty Harvard University faculty Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Members of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science Fellows of the American Physical Society