Heisenberg Probably Slept Here

Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Physicists of the Twentieth Century

Richard P. Brennan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

274 Seiten

1998 | New edition
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-29585-3 (ISBN)

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Richard Brennan's lively tour of the lives and ideas of seven physicists who revolutionized science in the 20th century.

"Here is a book I wish I had when taking physics my senior year in high school!" --Book Report A lively illumination of modern physics' marquee players, featuring: Albert Einstein Max Planck Ernest Rutherford Niels Bohr Werner Heisenberg Richard Feynman Murray Gell--Mann "Brennan has a knack for explaining difficult technicalities simply. His essays give a useful summary of twentieth--century science." --Financial Times "Highly recommended to expert and layperson alike." --Choice

RICHARD P. BRENNAN is a veteran science editor and a former consultant to Lockheed, the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Department of Transportation, and the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of the bestselling Levitating Trains and Kamikaze Genes, also from Wiley. Mr. Brennan lives in Palo Alto, California.

Isaac Newton. Albert Einstein. Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck. Ernest Rutherford. Niels Henrik David Bohr. Werner Karl Heisenberg. Richard Phillips Feynman. Murray Gell--Mann. Epilogue: The Why of Physics. Chronology of Physics. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.1998
Reihe/Serie	Wiley Popular Science
Zusatzinfo	facsimiles, portraits
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 234 mm
Gewicht	417 g
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturwissenschaft
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-471-29585-X / 047129585X
ISBN-13	978-0-471-29585-3 / 9780471295853
Zustand	Neuware