| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 506 pages) : portrait |
| Contents |
Introduction: Two full and good lives; The brave men who fearlessly climb the harsh mountains; Kellnerinnen -- a slight amount of respectability into the theory; The Birmingham-Cornell pipeline; Physics: not a young person's pasttime |
| Summary |
This book contains the correspondence between Hans Bethe and Rudolf Peierls, two first-rate scientists who made important contributions to 20th century physics. The document collection is of great significance for our understanding of 20th century physics, but it also illustrates many interesting political and social aspects such as the life of émigré scientists from Nazi-Germany on both sides of the Atlantic and the political activities of nuclear scientists after the development of the atomic bomb. Furthermore, the letters exchanged between Bethe and Peierls facilitate the appreciation of in |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-496) and index |
| Notes |
Text in English, with German correspondence also accompanied by English translations |
| Subject |
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005 -- Correspondence
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Peierls, Rudolf E. (Rudolf Ernst), 1907-1995 -- Correspondence
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| SUBJECT |
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005 fast |
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Peierls, Rudolf E. (Rudolf Ernst), 1907-1995 fast |
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Bethe, Hans Albrecht. swd |
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Peierls, Rudolf Ernst. swd |
| Subject |
Nuclear physicists -- Correspondence
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
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Nuclear physicists
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| Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Peierls, Rudolf E. (Rudolf Ernst), 1907-1995.
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Lee, Sabine
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| ISBN |
9789812771360 |
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9812771360 |
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