At home in the universe
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At home in the universe
（Masters of modern physics）
American Institute of Physics, c1994
- soft cover
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-361) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780883188620
Description
Colleague and confidant of Einstein and Bohr and pioneer of nuclear fission, John A. Wheeler is one of our most original and profound thinkers. In 1939 he published, with Niels Bohr, the first paper to successfully describe nuclear fission in terms of quantum physics - research that led to his involvement in the Los Alamos project. This volume presents essays by John Archibald Wheeler on the science and art of physics. Wheeler writes on a variety of major figures, including Max Planck, Marie Curie, Joseph Henry, Hideki Yukawa and, particularly, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. His wide-ranging essays reflect on the universe as a home for man and the responsibilities of a citizen-scientist, as well as cosmology, the art of science and death. This collection is intended for general readers with an interest in science.
Table of Contents
- Science smiles
- three greats - Planck, Einstein, Bohr
- the unity of science
- More greats - Curie, Mendeleev, Kramers, Yukawa
- more of Bohr and Einstein
- words of greeting
- challenges
- scientists facing the great issues - perspectives on policy
- a last smile.
- Volume
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soft cover ISBN 9781563965005
Description
Colleague and confidant of Einstein and Bohr, and pioneer of nuclear fission, John A. Wheeler is one of our most original and profound thinkers. In 1939 he published, with Niels Bohr, the first paper to successfully describe nuclear fission in terms of quantum physics - research that led to his involvement in the Los Alamos project. This volume presents essays by John Archibald Wheeler on the science and art of physics. Wheeler writes on a variety of major figures, including Max Planck, Marie Curie, Joseph Henry, Hideki Yukawa and, particularly, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. His wide-ranging essays reflect on the universe as a home for man and the responsibilities of a citizen-scientist, as well as cosmology, the art of science and death. This collection is intended for general readers with an interest in science.
Table of Contents
- Science smiles
- three greats - Planck, Einstein, Bohr
- the unity of science
- More greats - Curie, Mendeleev, Kramers, Yukawa
- more of Bohr and Einstein
- words of greeting
- challenges
- scientists facing the great issues - perspectives on policy
- a last smile.
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