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Faust in Copenhagen

By Gino Segre

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Faust in Copenhagen

By Gino Segre

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A physicist himself, Gino Segrè writes about what scientists do?and why they do it?with intimacy, clarity, and passion. In Faust in Copenhagen, he evokes the fleeting, magical moment when physics?and the world?was about to lose its innocence forever. Known by physicists as the miracle year, 1932 saw the discovery of the neutron and antimatter, as well as the first artificially induced nuclear transmutations. However, while scientists celebrated these momentous discoveries?which presaged the nuclear era and the emergence of big science?during a meeting at Niels Bohr?s Copenhagen Institute, Europe was moving inexorably toward totalitarianism and war.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2008-05-27
Publication Date:
2008-05-27
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0143113739
ISBN13:
9780143113737
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Maximum Reading Age:
99
Weight:
420 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
214 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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