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Quantum Profiles: Second Edition

Autor Jeremy Bernstein
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 iun 2020
What was Albert Einstein like as a person? How did J. Robert Oppenheimer's religious background impact his scientific endeavors? Why did John Stewart Bell get into physics in the first place? Prolific science writer Jeremy Bernstein has followed up on his original Quantum Profiles, published in 1990, with seven added profiles: Wendell Furry, Philipp Frank, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Victor Weisskopf, Tom Lehrer, Max Jammer, and Robert Serber. The profiles on John Stewart Bell, John Wheeler, and Albert Einstein from the first edition have been revised and expanded, as well. Bernstein presents each profile carefully, and the context provided in these historical profiles is revolutionary in each approach. Bernstein's unique academic and social background allows readers to fully grasp the character profiles in each chapter. With a conversational writing style, Bernstein lets readers get to know these ten prolific physicists-from personalities to historical and scientific significance-in a whole new way.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780190056865
ISBN-10: 019005686X
Pagini: 228
Dimensiuni: 236 x 157 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

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In this delightful set of word portraits, Jeremy Bernstein reveals how the likes of Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, John Bell and other scientists have wrestled with the mysteries of quantum physics. John Wheeler's remark, 'The quantum is the crack in the armor that covers the secret of existence,' is but one in a wonderful collection of insights.
In this essential new edition, my favorite essays are about Viki Weisskopf and Phillip Frank. Bernstein wonderfully focuses on why these two physicists are so important, and he offers interesting stories about their personal qualities.
Bernstein provides unique insights into the personalities of scientists he has known. His descriptions of Einstein and Bohr's differences over what the late John Bell called the 'rotten' state of quantum mechanics, and of Bell's own contributions, are masterly.

Notă biografică

Jeremy Bernstein is Professor of Physics Emeritus at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey and was a staff writer at The New Yorker. He has lectured often on the theory of elementary particle physics and cosmology and is the author of numerous books, including The Tenth Dimension: An Informal History of High Energy Physics (McGraw-Hill) and most recently A Bouquet of Dyson (World Scientific).