2019, ISBN: 9780517563380

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New York: Basic Books, 2009. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. [10], 539 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Front free endpaper and half-title page creased.… Plus…

New York: Basic Books, 2009. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. [10], 539 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Front free endpaper and half-title page creased. Graham Paul Farmelo (born 18 May 1953) is a biographer and science writer, a Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, U.K., and an Adjunct Professor of Physics at Northeastern University, Boston, U.S.A. He is best known for his work on science communication and as the author of The Strangest Man, a prize-winning biography of the theoretical physicist Paul Dirac. Farmelo is author of 'The Universe Speaks in Numbers', published in May 2019. It explores the relationship between mathematics and the search for the laws of physics, and highlights the contributions of several theoretical physicists, natural philosophers and mathematicians, notably Isaac Newton, Pierre-Simon Laplace, James Clerk Maxwell, Albert Einstein and Paul Dirac, before focussing on key developments on the mathematics-physics interface from the 1970s. Among the physicists and mathematicians whose work Farmelo discusses are Nima Arkani-Hamed, Michael Atiyah, Simon Donaldson, Michael Green, John Henry Schwarz, Nathan Seiberg, Gabriele Veneziano, Edward Witten and Chen-Ning Yang. Farmelo's Dirac biography ?The Strangest Man? won the 2009 Costa Prize for Biography and the 2009 'Los Angeles Times Science and Technology Book Prize'. The book was chosen by Physics World as the physics book of the year in 2009, and was selected as one of Nature?s books of the year. Much of the book was written while Farmelo was a Director?s visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Paul Dirac (1902-1984) was an English theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the early development of both quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. One of Albert Einstein's most admired colleagues, Dirac won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1933 for his work on atomic theory, the youngest theoretician ever to win the prize in physics. Derived from a Kirkus review: Along with Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Pauli and Schrödinger, Paul Dirac was a giant of 20th-century physics, and this rich, satisfying biography does him justice. During the 1920s, using dazzling mathematical skills, Dirac combined Einstein?s theory of relativity with Schrödinger and Heisenberg?s theories of quantum physics. This inspired work, which predicted the existence of antimatter, remains essential to physicists probing the frontiers of knowledge. Dirac?s brilliance and oddity were apparent from adolescence. He studied engineering at a local college. Despite little mechanical ability, he quickly moved to the head of his class. He showed no interest in games, culture or socializing, made few friends and rarely spoke in class. When not in school, he preferred to study in the library. Fortunately, several teachers recognized his talents and used their influence to obtain a scholarship from Cambridge. Entering in 1923, he quickly displayed mathematical insights that laid the foundation of quantum mechanics. In 1933, he shared the Nobel Prize for physics with Schrödinger. After winning the award, Dirac continued to produce original ideas and contributed to atomic research during World War II. Farmelo works successfully to explain Dirac?s accomplishments, but readers will love the nuanced portrayal of an introverted eccentric who held his own in a small clique of revolutionary scientific geniuses., Basic Books, 2009, 3, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958. First American Edition. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. xiv, 369 pages. Occasional footnotes. Appendices. List of Sources. Index. DJ somewhat scuffed and soiled: small tears, piece missing at spine. A personal history of the atomic scientists, including Born, Heisenberg, and Meitner in Germany; Kapitza in Russia; the Joliot-Curies in France; Bohr in Denmark; Fermi in Italy; and Albert Einstein and Oppenheimer in America. Robert Jungk (born Robert Baum May 11, 1913 - July 14, 1994) was an Austrian writer and journalist who wrote mostly on issues relating to nuclear weapons. Jungk was born into a Jewish family in Berlin. His father was David Baum (pseudonym: Max Jungk, 1872, Miskovice - 1937, Prague). When Adolf Hitler came to power, Jungk was arrested and released, moved to Paris, then back to Nazi Germany to work in a subversive press service. He is also known as the inventor of the future workshop, which is a method for social innovation, participation by the concerned, and visionary future planning. In chapter six of his book The Big Machine, Jungk described CERN as the place to find the "first Planetarians, earth dwellers who no longer feel loyalty to a single nation, a single continent, but to common knowledge that they advance together." There is an international library in Salzburg called Robert-Jungk-Bibliothek funftsfragen. His book Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists was the first published account of the Manhattan Project and the German atomic bomb project. In 1986, he received the Right Livelihood Award for "struggling indefatigably on behalf of peace. Derived from a Kirkus review: This is an extremely able, engrossing account of the development of nuclear physics and the men who were most significant in the exploitation of the new discoveries. Beginning after 1918 when the three main European centers for research were in Copenhagen with Niels Bohr, in Cambridge with Rutherford and in Gottingen with Born, Franck and Hilbert, this reviews scientific advances and political setbacks up to the Teller-Oppenheimer controversy, investigating the spiritual and intellectual problems raised by modern physics and the climate within which the fraternity of scientists debated and finally agreed to reveal the consequence of nuclear fission. A book of eminent importance., Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958, 2.5, New York: Crown Publishers, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 897 p. 24 cm. 3 maps and a family chart. Blue cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Signed by author on title page., Crown Publishers, 1987, 4.5<

1987, ISBN: 051756338X

[EAN: 9780517563380], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 44.74], [PU: Crown Publishers, Inc., New York], Jacket, A Fine Later Printing in a like dust-jacket that has some creasing to the uppe… Plus…

[EAN: 9780517563380], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 44.74], [PU: Crown Publishers, Inc., New York], Jacket, A Fine Later Printing in a like dust-jacket that has some creasing to the upper spine ; Sarum: the Novel of England is a well-written and informative novel about the history and culture of Sarum, a medieval English town. Rutherford does a great job of capturing the essence of this fascinating period in English history, and his writing is both engaging and informative. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in medieval history or English culture.; 8vo; 897 pages, Books<

1987, ISBN: 9780517563380

New York: Crown, 1987-02-12. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x2. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. edge wear to boards and jacket, bit of soiling to page ends; Sarum is a … Plus…

New York: Crown, 1987-02-12. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x2. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. edge wear to boards and jacket, bit of soiling to page ends; Sarum is a story of universal appeal--a rich historical chronicle, a keen tale of struggle and adventure, a profound human drama, and a masterful work of sheer storytelling. 30 black-and-white line drawings and maps., Crown, 1987-02-12, 3<

1987, ISBN: 051756338X

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[EAN: 9780517563380], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 22.82], [PU: Crown Publishers, New York], LITERATURE, Jacket, 897 p. 24 cm. 3 maps and a family chart. Blue cloth in mylar-covered dus… Plus…

[EAN: 9780517563380], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 22.82], [PU: Crown Publishers, New York], LITERATURE, Jacket, 897 p. 24 cm. 3 maps and a family chart. Blue cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Signed by author on title page., Books<