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.
ISBN: | 9789811245695 |
Publication date: | 6th November 2021 |
Author: | Jeremy Bernstein |
Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing an imprint of World Scientific |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 148 pages |
Genres: |
History of science Physics |