The Night Of The Physicists

Author : Richard von Schirach
Publisher : Haus Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781908323866

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The Night of the Physicists by Richard von Schirach Pdf

In the spring of 1945 the Allies arrested the physicists they believed had worked on the German nuclear programme. Interned in an English country house owned by MI6, their conversations were secretly recorded. Operation Epsilon sought to determine how close Nazi Germany had come to building an atomic bomb. It was in this quiet setting – Farm Hall, near Cambridge – that the interned physicists first heard of the attack on Hiroshima. Aside from changing the course of history, that night was also one of great shock and personal defeat for the physicists – they were under the assumption that they alone had discovered nuclear fission. This is the story of Nazi Germany’s hunt for a nuclear bomb. It is a tale of the genius and guilt of lauded, respected scientists.

Author : Russell McCormmach
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0674624610

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Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist by Russell McCormmach Pdf

It is the end of an historical epoch, but to an old professor of physics, Victor Jakob, sitting in his unlighted study, eating dubious bread with jam made from turnips, it is the end of a way of thinking in his own subject. Younger men have challenged the classical world picture of physics and are looking forward to observational tests of Einstein's new theory of relativity as well as the creation of a quantum mechanics of the atom. It is a time of both apprehension and hope. In this remarkable book, the reader literally inhabits the mind of a scientist while Professor Jakob meditates on the discoveries of the past fifty years and reviews his own life and career--his scientific ambitions and his record of small successes. He recalls the great men who taught or inspired him: Helmholtz, Hertz, Maxwell, Planck, and above all Paul Drude, whose life and mind exemplified the classical virtues of proportion, harmony, and grace that Jakob reveres. In Drude's shocking and unexpected suicide, we see reflected Jakob's own bewilderment and loss of bearings as his once secure world comes to an end in the horrors of the war and in the cultural fragmentation wrought by twentieth-century modernism. His attempt to come to terms with himself, with his life in science, and with his spiritual legacy will affect deeply everyone who cares about the fragile structures of civilization that must fall before the onrush of progress.

Author : Daniel J. Kevles
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307831484

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THE PHYSICISTS by Daniel J. Kevles Pdf

This magnificent account of the coming of age of physics in America has been heralded as the best introduction to the history of science in the United States. Unsurpassed in its breadth and literary style, Kevles's account portrays the brilliant scientists who became a powerful force in bringing the world into a revolutionary new era. The book ranges widely as it links these exciting developments to the social, cultural, and political changes that occurred from the post-Civil War years to the present. Throughout, Kevles keeps his eye on the central question of how an avowedly elitist enterprise grew and prospered in a democratic culture. In this new edition, the author has brought the story up to date by providing an extensive, authoritative, and colorful account of the Superconducting Super Collider, from its origins in the international competition and intellectual needs of high-energy particle physics, through its establishment as a multibillion-dollar project, to its termination, in 1993, as a result of angry opposition within the American physics community and the Congress.

Author : Amit Goswami
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461512271

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The Physicists’ View of Nature, Part 1 by Amit Goswami Pdf

This book is designed as a textbook for students who need to fulfil their science requirements. Part I explores classical physics from its beginnings with Descartes, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, to the relativity theories of Einstein. Special emphasis is given to the development of the objective, materialist, and deterministic worldview of classical physics. The influence of Newtonian physics on other fields of science and on society is emphasized. Finally, some of the problems with the worldview of classical physics are discussed and a preview of quantum physics is given.

Author : Michael Frayn
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0573627525

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Copenhagen by Michael Frayn Pdf

An explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb.

Author : C.P. Snow
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780755118496

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The Physicists by C.P. Snow Pdf

C P Snow’s sketches of famous physicists and explanation of how atomic weapons were developed gives an overview of science often lacking. This study provides us with hope for the future as well as anecdotes from history.

Author : Mary Anna Evans
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781464215568

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The Physicists' Daughter by Mary Anna Evans Pdf

Perfect for fans of The Alice Network and Kate Quinn, The Physicists' Daughter is "a fascinating and intelligent WWII home front story." —Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook. No one can be trusted. The fate of a country is at stake. And everything depends on the physicists' daughter. New Orleans, 1944. Sabotage. That's the word on factory worker Justine Byrne's mind as she is repeatedly called to weld machine parts that keep failing with no clear cause. Could someone inside the secretive Carbon Division be deliberately undermining the factory's Allied war efforts? Raised by her late parents to think logically, she also can't help wondering just what the oddly shaped carbon gadgets she assembles day after day have to do with the boats the factory builds. When a crane inexplicably crashes to the factory floor, leaving a woman dead, Justine can no longer ignore her nagging fear that German spies are at work within the building, trying to put the factory and its workers out of commission. Unable to trust anyone—not the charming men vying for her attention, not her unpleasant boss, and not even the women who work beside her—Justine draws on the legacy of her unconventional upbringing to keep her division running and protect her coworkers, her country, and herself from a war that is suddenly very close to home.

Author : Amit Goswami
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461505273

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The Physicists’ View of Nature Part 2 by Amit Goswami Pdf

This book was designed as a textbook for students who need to fill their science requirement. The Quantum Revolution discusses how quantum theory overthrew the objective, materialist and determinist worldviews of classical physics. The text emphasizes how quantum physics may reestablish consciousness as a causal agent in science by delving into quantum non-locality and its implications to society.

Author : Lawrence Maxwell Krauss
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781451624458

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A Universe from Nothing by Lawrence Maxwell Krauss Pdf

This is a provocative account of the astounding new answers to the most basic philosophical question: Where did the universe come from and how will it end?

Author : Benjamin Labatut
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781681375663

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When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut Pdf

One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize and the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining. When We Cease to Understand the World is a book about the complicated links between scientific and mathematical discovery, madness, and destruction. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger—these are some of luminaries into whose troubled lives Benjamín Labatut thrusts the reader, showing us how they grappled with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, alienate friends and lovers, descend into isolation and insanity. Some of their discoveries reshape human life for the better; others pave the way to chaos and unimaginable suffering. The lines are never clear. At a breakneck pace and with a wealth of disturbing detail, Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to tell the stories of the scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible.

Author : Brian Greene
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781524731687

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Until the End of Time by Brian Greene Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose, from the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe. "Few humans share Greene’s mastery of both the latest cosmological science and English prose." —The New York Times Until the End of Time is Brian Greene's breathtaking new exploration of the cosmos and our quest to find meaning in the face of this vast expanse. Greene takes us on a journey from the big bang to the end of time, exploring how lasting structures formed, how life and mind emerged, and how we grapple with our existence through narrative, myth, religion, creative expression, science, the quest for truth, and a deep longing for the eternal. From particles to planets, consciousness to creativity, matter to meaning—Brian Greene allows us all to grasp and appreciate our fleeting but utterly exquisite moment in the cosmos.

Author : István Hargittai
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195365566

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The Martians of Science by István Hargittai Pdf

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.

Author : P. J. E. Peebles
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691234472

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Cosmology’s Century by P. J. E. Peebles Pdf

From Nobel Prize–winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles, the story of cosmology from Einstein to today Modern cosmology began a century ago with Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and his notion of a homogenous, philosophically satisfying cosmos. Cosmology's Century is the story of how generations of scientists built on these thoughts and many new measurements to arrive at a well-tested physical theory of the structure and evolution of our expanding universe. In this landmark book, one of the world's most esteemed theoretical cosmologists offers an unparalleled personal perspective on how the field developed. P. J. E. Peebles was at the forefront of many of the greatest discoveries of the past century, making fundamental contributions to our understanding of the presence of helium and microwave radiation from the hot big bang, the measures of the distribution and motion of ordinary matter, and the new kind of dark matter that allows us to make sense of these results. Taking readers from the field's beginnings, Peebles describes how scientists working in independent directions found themselves converging on a theory of cosmic evolution interesting enough to warrant the rigorous testing it passes so well. He explores the major advances—some inspired by remarkable insights or perhaps just lucky guesses—as well as the wrong turns taken and the roads not explored. He shares recollections from major players in this story and provides a rare, inside look at how science is really done. A monumental work, Cosmology's Century also emphasizes where the present theory is incomplete, suggesting exciting directions for continuing research.

Author : Sextus (Empiricus.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015011362749

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Sextus Empiricus: Against the physicists. Against the ethicists by Sextus (Empiricus.) Pdf

Author : J. E. Baggott,Jim Baggott
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199679577

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Higgs by J. E. Baggott,Jim Baggott Pdf

Explains the science behind the discover of the Higgs particle, also known as the God particle, and its implications for the future of science. 20,000 first printing.