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| Genre/Form: | Anecdotes |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter G O Freund |
| ISBN: | 9789812706461 9812706461 9812772146 9789812772145 |
| OCLC Number: | 154672019 |
| Description: | xvi, 221 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1 Einstein Once Removed 1 -- 2 Heisenberg's Turn 7 -- 3 A True Aristocrat 14 -- 4 The Conscience of Physics 20 -- 5 The Wizard of Pasadena 26 -- 6 Back to Maupertuis 32 -- 7 The Language of God 37 -- 8 Emmy Noether and the Urge for the Abstract 43 -- 9 Oswald Teichmuller and Nazi Science 51 -- 10 Spontaneous Breakdown of Human Decency 58 -- 11 Scientists in Politics 61 -- 12 Jews in Science. The Backlash 69 -- 13 Stalin and the Quantum 77 -- 14 Mister Sakharov Goes to Kiev 82 -- 15 Mr. Yang also Goes to Kiev 87 -- 16 The Stone Age and the Fermi Era 94 -- 17 The Serene Sensei 99 -- 18 Oppenheimer, Hero or Antihero? 105 -- 19 Viennese Physics, Then and Now 110 -- 20 The Importance of a Sense of Humor 123 -- 21 The Russian Style 129 -- 22 Chandra, Passionate Cambridge Gentleman 134 -- 23 On and Off the Map: Romanian Mathematics 143 -- 24 Du cote de chez Telegdi, the Experimental Side 151 -- 25 Leader of the Pack 160 -- 26 New Dimensions 165 -- 27 A Brief History of Space 173 -- 28 The Coming Age 182 -- Epilogue: The Goal and the Means 184 -- Sources, Comments and Some More Stories Masquerading as Comments 192. |
| Responsibility: | Peter Freund. |
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"Like the author, these stories are full of wisdom, wit and humor. Sometimes they are hilarious and sometimes tragic. They need to be told, and I suspect that Peter Freund is the only one who can tell them."Leonard SusskindAuthor of The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design"Freund is at his best when he focuses on one, perhaps two, scientists in each chapter ... Throughout his long career, Freund has obviously met many influential scientists and collected many fascinating stories about them and their colleagues."CERN Courier"Can there be a common endeavour, whether physics or poetry, that can remain objective when the researchers involved are also people? According to Peter Freund, one of the founding physicists of String Theory, in his book "A Passion for Discovery," the answer is Yes and No ... Poetry esthetics might seem a lot less imposing than theoretical physics, but it isn't. Outlandish humans make both."Andrei CodrescuCommentator National Public Radio, Columnist, Novelist and Poet Read more...
