Atomic Histories; Author: Peierls, Rudolph; Editor: Goldberger, M.; Hardback; Book

Author: Peierls, Rudolph; Editor: Goldberger, M.
Series#:18; Masters of Modern Physics; Hardback; Book; Illustrations
300 pages
Published: January 1997
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN: 1563962438
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Rudolf Peierls offers an enlightening collection of essays, book reviews, and candid profiles of some of the most famous scientists of the 20th century, including his mentor Wolfgang Pauli,the controversial Werner Heisenberg, the young J. Robert Oppenheimer, and personal friends Niels Bohr and Max Planck. Many of the essays and reviews are concerned with the nuclear arms race, which Dr. Peierls consistently opposed.A collection of essays, book reviews and profiles of 20th-century scientists, by respected physicist Dr Rudolf Peierls. Many of the essays discuss the nuclear arms race, which Dr Peierls opposed, and the reviews reflect his stance on the Strategic Defense Initiative and energy policy.