Format:
vii, 140 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9789811245695
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9789811243493
Content:
Reflections on Project Orion -- The whisperer -- Genia and Rudi -- The Mercator projection -- A trick of memory--239 Central Park West -- Lise Meitner : the discovery of nuclear fission -- The merely good -- Wien Wien nur du Allein -- The kinder transport -- W.H. Auden et al. -- Entanglement -- Feynman -- Leonhard Euler and the atomic bomb -- Murder in the academy -- A life -- Proust -- A travesty -- Fact and fiction -- Max -- The life it brought.
Content:
"A curation of essays penned by Jeremy Bernstein, this book is a treasure trove of personal stories ranging from Bernstein's expedition to Mount Everest, cherished encounters with the fathers of Quantum Mechanics (Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac and Erwin Schrodinger), to a jovial collaboration with Freeman Dyson on the Orion spaceship project. This essay collection is a door into several pieces of scientific explorations as well as the celebrated life of Jeremy Bernstein, a physicist, professor and phenomenal writer. Readers will enjoy this book as both an autobiography and a popular science reading"--
Note:
Includes bibliographic references
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789811243516
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789811243523
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929- Spaceship Orion and other scientific explorations Hackensack, New Jersey : World Scientific, [2022]
Language:
English
Keywords:
Bernstein, Jeremy 1929-
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Physiker
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Physikerin
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Geschichte
Author information:
Bernstein, Jeremy 1929-
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