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Candid Science IV

Magdolna Hargittai,Istv n Hargittai
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Author : Magdolna Hargittai,Istv n Hargittai
Publisher : Imperial College Press
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 1860944167

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Candid Science IV by Magdolna Hargittai,Istv n Hargittai Pdf

Candid Science IV: Conversations with Famous Physicists contains 36 interviews with well-known physicists, including 20 Nobel laureates, Templeton Prize winners, Wolf Prize winners, and other luminaries. Physics has been one of the determining fields of science in the past 100 years, playing a conspicuous role not only in science but also in world politics and economics. These in-depth conversations provide a glimpse into the greatest achievements of physics during the past few decades, featuring stories of the discoveries, and showing the human drama behind them. The greatest physicists are brought into close human proximity as if readers were having a conversation with them. The interviewees span a wide range of scientists, from such early giants as Eugene Wigner and Mark Oliphant to members of the youngest generation such as the 2001 Nobel laureate Wolfgang Ketterle. The list includes famous personalities of our time, such as Steven Weinberg, Leon Lederman, Norman Ramsey, Edward Teller, John Wheeler, Mildred Dresselhaus, Maurice Goldhaber, Benoit Mandelbrot, John Polkinghorne, and Freeman Dyson.

Candid Science IV

Magdolna Hargittai,István Hargittai
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Author : Magdolna Hargittai,István Hargittai
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781783260898

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Candid Science IV: Conversations with Famous Physicists contains 36 interviews with well-known physicists, including 20 Nobel laureates, Templeton Prize winners, Wolf Prize winners, and other luminaries. Physics has been one of the determining fields of science in the past 100 years, playing a conspicuous role not only in science but also in world politics and economics. These in-depth conversations provide a glimpse into the greatest achievements of physics during the past few decades, featuring stories of the discoveries, and showing the human drama behind them. The greatest physicists are brought into close human proximity as if readers were having a conversation with them. The interviewees span a wide range of scientists, from such early giants as Eugene Wigner and Mark Oliphant to members of the youngest generation such as the 2001 Nobel laureate Wolfgang Ketterle. The list includes famous personalities of our time, such as Steven Weinberg, Leon Lederman, Norman Ramsey, Edward Teller, John Wheeler, Mildred Dresselhaus, Maurice Goldhaber, Benoit Mandelbrot, John Polkinghorne, and Freeman Dyson. Contents: Eugene P WignerSteven WeinbergYuval Ne'emanJerome I FriedmanMartinus J G VeltmanGerard 't HooftLeon M LedermanValentine L TelegdiVal L FitchMaurice GoldhaberJohn N BahcallRudolf MößbauerArno A PenziasRobert W WilsonOwen ChamberlainMarcus L E OliphantNorman F RamseyDavid E PritchardWolfgang KetterleLaszlo TiszaEdward TellerJohn A WheelerFreeman J DysonJohn C PolkinghorneBenoit B MandelbrotKenneth G WilsonMildred S DresselhausCatherine BréchignacPhilip W AndersonZhores I AlferovDaniel C TsuiAntony HewishJocelyn Bell BurnellJoseph H TaylorRussell A HulseDavid Shoenberg Readership: General readers and physicists. Keywords:Physics;Nobel Prize;History of Physics;Famous PhysicistsReviews:“I recommend this handy volume, admirably suited for complete reading or browsing, not only to historians of physics and of science but also to practicing scientists, especially beginning ones, as well as to students, who will surely benefit from these inspiring stories by some of physics' leading luminaries.”The Chemical Educator “I heartily recommend this attractive volume, suitable for either complete reading or browsing, to historians of physics and of science, to practicing scientists, and to students, who will surely benefit from these inspiring stories by some of the leading luminaries of physics.”Angewandte Chemie

Culture of Chemistry

Balazs Hargittai,István Hargittai
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Author : Balazs Hargittai,István Hargittai
Publisher : Springer
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781489975652

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Culture of Chemistry by Balazs Hargittai,István Hargittai Pdf

Includes specially selected articles that previously appeared in The Chemical Intelligencer magazine published (1995-2000). Excerpts of these Editor's choice chapters chronicle the culture and history of chemistry, featuring great chemists and discoverers. Contributors from among the best-known authors of the chemistry community, including numerous Nobel laureates. Features behind the scenes stories about pivotal discoveries, intricacies of laboratory life and interactions among scientists, favorite recipes of renowned researchers, life histories and anecdotes. Chapters detail the human side of science but also present scientific information communicated in an easy-to-perceive and entertaining way. This unique book is not only aimed at chemists but individuals who are interested in the cultural aspects of our science.

Candid Science VI

Istv n Hargittai,Magdolna Hargittai
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Author : Istv n Hargittai,Magdolna Hargittai
Publisher : Imperial College Press
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781860948855

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Candid Science VI by Istv n Hargittai,Magdolna Hargittai Pdf

Candid Science VI concludes the series by narrating the conversations with famous scientists from the biomedical sciences, chemistry, and physics. There are 31 Nobel laureates and 11 other luminaries among them. The scientists are in the field of biomedical sciences, chemistry and physics.

The Martians of Science

István Hargittai
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Author : István Hargittai
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195365566

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If science has the equivalent of a Bloomsbury group, it is the five men born at the turn of the twentieth century in Budapest: Theodore von Kármán, Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, John von Neumann, and Edward Teller. From Hungary to Germany to the United States, they remained friends and continued to work together and influence each other throughout their lives. As a result, their work was integral to some of the most important scientific and political developments of the twentieth century. István Hargittai tells the story of this remarkable group: Wigner won a Nobel Prize in theoretical physics; Szilard was the first to see that a chain reaction based on neutrons was possible, initiated the Manhattan Project, but left physics to try to restrict nuclear arms; von Neumann could solve difficult problems in his head and developed the modern computer for more complex problems; von Kármán became the first director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, providing the scientific basis for the U.S. Air Force; and Teller was the father of the hydrogen bomb, whose name is now synonymous with the controversial "Star Wars" initiative of the 1980s. Each was fiercely opinionated, politically active, and fought against all forms of totalitarianism. Hargittai, as a young Hungarian physical chemist, was able to get to know some of these great men in their later years, and the depth of information and human interest in The Martians of Science is the result of his personal relationships with the subjects, their families, and their contemporaries.

Candid Science V

Balazs Hargittai,Istv n Hargittai
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Author : Balazs Hargittai,Istv n Hargittai
Publisher : Imperial College Press
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781860945052

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Candid Science V by Balazs Hargittai,Istv n Hargittai Pdf

Candid Science V: Conversations with Famous Scientists contains 36 interviews with well-known scientists, including 19 Nobel laureates, Wolf Prize winners, and other luminaries. These in-depth conversations provide a glimpse into the greatest achievements in science during the past few decades, featuring stories of the discoveries, and showing the human drama behind them. The greatest scientists are brought into close human proximity as if readers were having a conversation with them. This volume departs from the previous ones in that it contains interviews with mathematicians in addition to physicists, chemists, and biomedical scientists. Another peculiarity of this volume is that it includes nine interviews from another project, the collection of the late Clarence Larson, former Commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission and his wife, Jane ("Larson Tapes"). The 36 interviewees include famous personalities of our time, such as Donald Coxeter, John Conway, Roger Penrose, Alan Mackay, Dan Shechtman, Charles Townes, Arthur Schawlow, Leon Cooper, Alexei Abrikosov, Luis Alvarez, William Pickering, William Fowler, Vera Rubin, Neta Bahcall, Rudolf Peierls, Emilio Segre, Harold Agnew, Clarence Larson, Nelson Leonard, Princess Chulabhorn, Linus Pauling, Miklos Bodanszky, Melvin Calvin, Donald Huffman Alan MacDiarmid, Alan Heeger, Jens Christian Skou, Paul Lauterbur, Gunther Stent, John Sulston, Renato Dulbecco, Baruch Blumberg, Arvid Carlsson, Oleh Hornykiewicz, Paul Greengard, and Eric Kandel.

Women Scientists

Magdolna Hargittai
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Author : Magdolna Hargittai
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199360000

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Women Scientists by Magdolna Hargittai Pdf

Magdolna Hargittai uses over fifteen years of in-depth conversation with female physicists, chemists, biomedical researchers, and other scientists to form cohesive ideas on the state of the modern female scientist. The compilation, based on sixty conversations, examines unique challenges that women with serious scientific aspirations face. In addition to addressing challenges and the unjustifiable underrepresentation of women at the higher levels of academia, Hargittai takes a balanced approach by discussing how some of the most successful of these women have managed to obtain professional success and personal happiness. Women Scientists portrays scientists from different backgrounds, different geographical regions-eighteen countries from four continents-and leaders from a variety of professional backgrounds, including eight Nobel laureate women. The book is divided into three sections: "Husband and Wife Teams," "Women at the Top," and "In High Positions." Hargittai uses her own experience to introduce her first section on the lives of prominent scientific couples and addresses the joys and disadvantages of husband and wife teams. The second section is a comprehensive exploration of the struggles and triumphs of "women at the top." Hargittai introduces women from countries where relatively little has been written about female scientists. The final section focuses on women scientists involved with science administration and leadership. Hargittai's biographical sketches role models for budding scientists. The book is a much needed account of female presence and influence in the sciences.

Science In Moscow: Memorials Of A Research Empire

Hargittai Magdolna,Hargittai Istvan
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Author : Hargittai Magdolna,Hargittai Istvan
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811203466

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Science In Moscow: Memorials Of A Research Empire by Hargittai Magdolna,Hargittai Istvan Pdf

Moscow is the center of science and higher education of Russia and is also an international hub of science. There have been milestone achievements of science in Russia (and the Soviet Union), especially in the areas of physics, chemistry, mathematics, the conquest of space, various technologies and medicine. However, the scientists and inventors often created in isolation and have become less known than their discoveries would justify. At the same time, there is no other city in the world that has so many memorials honoring scientists as Moscow. There is a caveat in that political considerations have often influenced who was remembered and who was not. This book presents statues, memorial plaques, and historical buildings. Not only celebrated excellences are mentioned, but also some of the greats that perished during the years of terror. The book is full of human drama and 750 photos illustrate the narrative. Science in Moscow follows Budapest Scientific and New York Scientific and is the third in the series about memorials of scientists in great cities of the world.

New York Scientific

István Hargittai,Magdolna Hargittai
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Author : István Hargittai,Magdolna Hargittai
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198769873

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New York Scientific by István Hargittai,Magdolna Hargittai Pdf

This book introduces the reader to the visible memorabilia of science and scientists in all the five boroughs of New York City - statues, busts, plaques, buildings, and other artifacts. In addition, it extends to some scientists and institutions currently operating in the city. New York has been known as a world center of commerce, finance, communications, transportation, and culture, but it also is a world center in science. The city is home to renowned universities and research laboratories, a museum of natural history and other museums related to science, a science academy, historical societies, botanical gardens and zoos, libraries, and a Hall of Science as well as a large number of world-renowned scientists. The book pays special attention to the role of this city in welcoming persecuted scientists and letting African-American and women scientists thrive. The book is presented in an informative and entertaining way, dotted with scientific gossip and anecdotes, and can be enjoyed even without the reader's actual presence in the city. Over eight hundred photographs illustrate the book. They may induce the reader to make their own discoveries in New York.

The Road to Stockholm

István Hargittai
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Author : István Hargittai
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191500183

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The Road to Stockholm by István Hargittai Pdf

The Nobel Prize is by far the highest recognition a scientist may receive and the only one with which the general public is familiar. Its prestige has reached improbable heights. At the same time a lot of myth surrounds the Nobel Prize, and this is compounded by the fact that people tend to view scientists with some bewilderment. This book introduces the process of selection of the laureates, discusses the ingredients for scientific discovery and for getting recognition. It reviews the decisive moments of scientific careers en route to the Nobel Prize, points to characteristic features of the laureates, the importance of mentors and venues in scientific careers and other components of success. It also covers some discoverers and discoveries for whom and for which the Nobel Prize never materialized. Whereas there is no general recipe for receiving the Nobel Prize, there are common features of successful scientific careers. The book reveals some information about the scientists' lives and careers that may guide other scientists in increasing their chances of becoming more effective and better recognized players - although it is not expected to help anyone to receive the Nobel Prize! For the general reader The Road to Stockholm reveals the human face of scientists and the human side of their endeavours. The Nobel Prize has served as inspiration for scientists and the general public for a hundred years: this book discusses its problems and celebrates its triumphs.

Wisdom of the Martians of Science

Istvan E. T. Al HARGITTAI
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Author : Istvan E. T. Al HARGITTAI
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789814723824

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"Wisdom of the Martians of Science refers to five scientists whose brilliance contributed to shaping the modern world. John von Neumann was a pioneer of the modern computer; Theodore von Kármán was the scientist behind the US Air Force; Leo Szilard initiated the development of nuclear weapons; the Nobel laureate Eugene P Wigner was the world's first nuclear engineer; and Edward Teller was the father of the hydrogen bomb. They were born and raised in Budapest, were forced out of Hungary and then from Germany, they became Americans, and devoted themselves to the defense of the United States and the Free World. They contributed significant discoveries to fundamental science ranging from the properties of materials to the application of the symmetry principle in physics, to creating information theory, to game theory. The areas in which we can learn about their wisdom include applications of science to past, present and future real-world needs; defense; education; environment; human nature; humor; politics; religion; weather modification, and others. This book shows the wisdom of the Martians by presenting their thoughts and ideas in their own words and placing them into context. Their wisdom is intriguing, witty, provocative and thought provoking. It extended over many aspects of life and culture that impinge on our existence. While we cannot always agree with what they say, they are never boring. The power of their words and their philosophies will inspire the readers to pursue their own dreams."--

Brilliance in Exile

István Hargittai,Balazs Hargittai
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Author : István Hargittai,Balazs Hargittai
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789633866078

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Brilliance in Exile by István Hargittai,Balazs Hargittai Pdf

By addressing the enigma of the exceptional success of Hungarian emigrant scientists and telling their life stories, Brilliance in Exile combines scholarly analysis with fascinating portrayals of uncommon personalities. István and Balazs Hargittai discuss the conditions that led to five different waves of emigration of scientists from the early twentieth century to the present. Although these exodes were driven by a broad variety of personal motivations, the attraction of an open society with inclusiveness, tolerance, and – needless to say – better circumstances for working and living, was the chief force drawing them abroad. While emigration from East to West is a general phenomenon, this book explains why and how the emigration of Hungarian scientists is distinctive. The high number of Nobel Prizes among this group is only one indicator. Multicultural tolerance, a quickly emerging, considerably Jewish, urban middle class, and a very effective secondary school system were positive legacies of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Multiple generations, shaped by these conditions, suffered from the increasingly exclusionist, intolerant, antisemitic, and economically stagnating environment, and chose to go elsewhere. “I would rather have roots than wings, but if I cannot have roots, I shall use wings," explained Leo Szilard, one of the fathers of the Atom Bomb.

The Panenmentalist Philosophy of Science

Amihud Gilead
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Author : Amihud Gilead
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030411244

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The Panenmentalist Philosophy of Science by Amihud Gilead Pdf

This book presents a philosophy of science, based on panenmentalism: an original modal metaphysics, which is realist about individual pure (non-actual) possibilities and rejects the notion of possible worlds. The book systematically constructs a new and novel way of understanding and explaining scientific progress, discoveries, and creativity. It demonstrates that a metaphysics of individual pure possibilities is indispensable for explaining and understanding mathematics and natural sciences. It examines the nature of individual pure possibilities, actualities, mind-dependent and mind-independent possibilities, as well as mathematical entities. It discusses in detail the singularity of each human being as a psychical possibility. It analyses striking scientific discoveries, and illustrates by means of examples of the usefulness and vitality of individual pure possibilities in the sciences.

Buried Glory

Istvan Hargittai
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Author : Istvan Hargittai
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199985593

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Buried Glory by Istvan Hargittai Pdf

A chronicle of the lives of twelve notable and celebrated Soviet scientists from the Cold War era, a time of great scientific achievement in the USSR.

Believing Scientists Quotes

Fernando José Walsh
Believing Scientists Quotes Book PDF

Author : Fernando José Walsh
Publisher : Fernando José Walsh
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798800809237

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Believing Scientists Quotes by Fernando José Walsh Pdf

The main exponents of science are or have been profound believers in God, the Creator of the universe. In this work the reader will find hundreds of phrases emitted by many of them that speak of their faith convictions; and of the relationship between faith and its science. They are mostly recognized scientists who believe not only in one God, but expressly in the God of the Bible. With this book the author continues with the task begun in The Lord of the two books to revive an old, but current idea, that the Creator communicates with human beings through two books of His authorship: Nature (general revelation ) and the Bible (special revelation). “The Creator has given two books to the mankind. In one has shown His majesty, in another - His will ... The two books together inform us not only about the existence of God, but also about His indescribable blessings for us. It is a sin to sow among them weeds and discontent”. Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765), father of Russian science.