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Hitler’s Uranium Club
The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall
Häftad, 2000
418 kr
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From April through December of 1945, ten of Nazi Germany's greatest nuclear physicists were detained by Allied military and intelligence services in a kind of gilded cage at Farm Hall, an English country manor near Cambridge. The physicists knew the Reich had failed to develop an atomic bomb, and …
Quantum Profiles
Second Edition
Inbunden, 2020
715 kr
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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 …
Quantum Profiles
Second Edition
E-bok, 2020
440 kr
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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 …
Quantum Profiles
Second Edition
E-bok, 2020
440 kr
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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 …
Secrets of the Old One
Einstein, 1905
E-bok, 2006
326 kr
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Beginning on the 18th of March, 1905,at approximately eight week intervals, the noted German physics journal Annalen der Physik received three hand-written manuscripts from a relatively unknown patent examiner in Bern. The patent examiner was the twenty-six year old Albert Einstein and the three …
Secrets of the Old One
Einstein, 1905
Inbunden, 2005
336 kr
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Beginning on the 18th of March, 1905,at approximately eight week intervals, the noted German physics journal Annalen der Physik received three hand-written manuscripts from a relatively unknown patent examiner in Bern. The patent examiner was the twenty-six year old Albert Einstein and the three …
Physicists on Wall Street and Other Essays on Science and Society
Inbunden, 2008
287 kr
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Over the years, Jeremy Bernstein has been in contact with many of the world’s most renowned physicists and other scientists, many of whom were involved in politics, literature, and language. In this diverse collection of essays, he reflects on their work, their personal relationships, their …
Physicists on Wall Street and Other Essays on Science and Society
E-bok, 2008
408 kr
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Over the years, Jeremy Bernstein has been in contact with many of the world’s most renowned physicists and other scientists, many of whom were involved in politics, literature, and language. In this diverse collection of essays, he reflects on their work, their personal relationships, their …
Theory for Everything
Inbunden, 1996
287 kr
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Here are fifteen pieces on the history and personalities of physics and related fields, from the well-known physicist and essayist Jeremy Bernstein. The pieces in this collection include profiles of Niels Bohr, Marie Curie, Linus Pauling, the linguist Hans Eberstark, and Julian Schwinger; essays on …
Nuclear Weapons
What You Need to Know
Häftad, 2010
471 kr
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This book is a history of nuclear weapons. From their initial theoretical development at the start of the twentieth century to the recent tests in North Korea, Jeremy Bernstein seeks to describe the basic science of nuclear weaponry at each point in the narrative. At the same time, he offers …
Kinetic Theory in the Expanding Universe
Av Jeremy Bernstein, P. V. Landshoff
Inbunden, 1988
1498 kr
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This graduate/research level text is a self-contained exposition of the applications of kinetic theory to basic problems in modern cosmology, such as the role of stable and unstable massive neutrinos and the theory of cosmological helium production. There has been rapid development of the theory of …
Kinetic Theory in the Expanding Universe
Av Jeremy Bernstein, Peter Landshoff
Häftad, 2004
813 kr
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This graduate/research level text is a self-contained exposition of the applications of kinetic theory to basic problems in modern cosmology, such as the role of stable and unstable massive neutrinos and the theory of cosmological helium production. There has been rapid development of the theory of …
Palette of Particles
Inbunden, 2013
418 kr
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From molecules to stars, much of the cosmic canvas can be painted in brushstrokes of primary color: the protons, neutrons, and electrons we know so well. But for meticulous detail, we have to dip into exotic hues—leptons, mesons, hadrons, quarks. Bringing particle physics to life as few authors …
Nuclear Iran
Inbunden, 2014
418 kr
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Iran’s nuclear program has generated intense controversy ever since the International Atomic Energy Agency reported in 2003 that Iran was secretly pursuing enrichment activities. Although Iranian officials insist the program is peaceful, many in the international community are skeptical of Iran’s …
One Physicist's Guide to Nuclear Weapons
A global perspective
Inbunden, 2016
1628 kr
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One Physicist's Guide to Nuclear Weapons presents a truly global look at the history, use, and issues surrounding nuclear weapons from the perspective of physicist and writer Jeremy Bernstein. A first-hand witness to the development and science of nuclear weapons, he is in a unique position to …
Plutonium
A History of the World's Most Dangerous Element
Häftad, 2009
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
240 kr
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When plutonium was first manufactured at Berkeley in the spring of 1941, there was so little of it that it was not visible to the naked eye. It took a year to accumulate enough so that one could actually see it. Now so much has been produced that we don't know what to do to get rid of it. We have …
Physicists on Wall Street and Other Essays on Science and Society
Häftad, 2010
256 kr
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Over the years, Jeremy Bernstein has been in contact with many of the world’s most renowned physicists and other scientists, many of whom were involved in politics, literature, and language. In this diverse collection of essays, he reflects on their work, their personal relationships, their …
Secrets of the Old One
Einstein, 1905
Häftad, 2014
268 kr
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Beginning on the 18th of March, 1905,at approximately eight week intervals, the noted German physics journal Annalen der Physik received three hand-written manuscripts from a relatively unknown patent examiner in Bern. The patent examiner was the twenty-six year old Albert Einstein and the three …
Hitler's Uranium Club
The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall
E-bok, 2013
604 kr
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From April through December of 1945, ten of Nazi Germany''s greatest nuclear physicists were detained by Allied military and intelligence services in a kind of gilded cage at Farm Hall, an English country manor near Cambridge. The physicists knew the Reich had failed to develop an atomic bomb, and …
Meet Cutes NYC
True Stories of Love and Connection on the Streets of New York
Av Aaron Feinberg, Jeremy Bernstein m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
351 kr
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An inspiring and heartwarming collection of true love stories from the creators behind the viral Instagram and TikTok account @meetcutesnycIn 2023, three friends-Jeremy Bernstein, Aaron Feinberg, and Victor Lee-took to the streets of New York City to ask couples how they met and what the secret …
Oppenheimer
Portrait of an Enigma
Häftad, 2024
240 kr
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The Academy Award winning motion picture Oppenheimer introduced the legendary nuclear physicist to a new generation. Oppenheimer was a puzzle to everyone. The nuclear physicist most responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb, he was a genius both scientifically and otherwise. His standards …
Dawning of the Raj
The Life and Trials of Warren Hastings
Inbunden, 2000
307 kr
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Nothing in the history of empire is stranger than the creation of British rule in India, when a small European island became master of a subcontinent ranging from the Indian Ocean to the Himalayas. In the late eighteenth century the person most responsible for this was Warren Hastings, Britain's …
SONG FOR MOLLY, A
Inbunden, 2020
881 kr
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A Song for Molly is both a love story and a poetic homage to science. The subjects in this first-person novella range from encounters with Wittgenstein, Einstein and Gödel, to trying to live with a dog named Molly. The science is serious although the tone is whimsical. The spirit of this book can …
Song For Molly, A
Häftad, 2020
413 kr
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A Song for Molly is both a love story and a poetic homage to science. The subjects in this first-person novella range from encounters with Wittgenstein, Einstein and Goedel, to trying to live with a dog named Molly. The science is serious although the tone is whimsical. The spirit of this book can …
SPACESHIP ORION AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATIONS, THE
Inbunden, 2021
708 kr
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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 …
SPACESHIP ORION AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATIONS, THE
Häftad, 2021
362 kr
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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 …
BOUQUET OF DYSON, A: AND OTHER REFLECTIONS ON SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS
Inbunden, 2018
1081 kr
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"Freeman Dyson has had an extraordinary range of interests, serious activity and influence. This is reflected in the choice of topics in these essays … This book is informative, very entertaining and well up to the high standards attained previously by this author!"Contemporary PhysicsMy friendship …
Bouquet of Dyson
Reflections on Science and Scientists
Häftad, 2018
422 kr
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My friendship with Freeman Dyson goes back over a half century. My first contact with him goes back to the late 1950s, when I was at the Institute for Advanced Study, and then evolved when I was a consultant at General Atomics in La Jolla, California. Freeman was then trying to design a space ship …
