| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 182 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Economists. Options ; Black-scholes ; The rise and fall of the quants -- Scientists. Heisenberg in Poland ; The Orion ; Tales from South Africa ; A nuclear supermarket ; Ottavio Balkit : the life and times of Sir henry Wotton -- Linguists. The Spencers of Althorp and Sir William Jones : a love story ; All the glitters ; In a word, "lions" -- Fiction and stranger than fiction. The pianist, fiction and non-fiction ; Rocket science ; The science of Michel Thomas ; Topology ; What the #$*!? -- Author's note about "beating the system." |
| Summary |
Over the years, Jeremy Bernstein has been in contact with many of the worlda (TM)s most renowned physicists and other scientists, many of whom were involved in politics, literature, and language. In this diverse collection of essays, he reflects on their work, their personal relationships, their motives, and their contributions. Even for those people he writes about that he did not know personally, he provides important insights into their lives and work, and questions their character, their decisions, and the lives they led. In the first three essays, Professor Bernstein looks at economic the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929- -- Anecdotes
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| SUBJECT |
Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929- cct |
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Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929- fast |
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Science -- Philosophy.
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History.
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Economics.
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History
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Economics
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history (discipline)
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economics.
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SCIENCE -- Essays.
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SCIENCE -- Nanoscience.
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SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Sciences humaines.
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Sciences sociales.
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Science -- Philosophy
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essays.
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Essays
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Anecdotes
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Essays.
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Anecdotes.
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Essais.
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Anecdotes.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008931402 |
| ISBN |
9780387765068 |
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0387765069 |
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1281871087 |
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9781281871084 |
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