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A bouquet of Dyson and other reflections on science and scientists / Jeremy Bernstein, Stevens Insti...

A bouquet of Dyson and other reflections on science and...

A bouquet of Dyson and other reflections on science and scientists / Jeremy Bernstein, Stevens Insti...

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A bouquet of Dyson and other reflections on science and scientists / Jeremy Bernstein, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA.

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Full title

A bouquet of Dyson and other reflections on science and scientists / Jeremy Bernstein, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA.

Publisher

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2018]

Call Numbers

G 2018/2496

Record Identifier

74VKVomAMNLy

MMS ID

991024165561402626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

ix, 175 pages ; 23 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

People -- The Pope -- Pontecorvo -- Twenty one -- Houtermans -- Charlotte.

Publication information

Publisher

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2018]

Date Published

[2018]

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"My friendship with Freeman Dyson goes back over a half century. My first contact with him goes back to the late 1950s, when I was at the Institute for Advanced Study, and then evolved when I was a consultant at General Atomics in La Jolla, California. Freeman was then trying to design a space ship -- the Orion -- which would be propelled by atomic...

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Full title

A bouquet of Dyson and other reflections on science and scientists / Jeremy Bernstein, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2018/2496

Record Identifier

74VKVomAMNLy

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVomAMNLy

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ISBN

9813238283 paperback

9789813231924 hardcover ; alkaline paper

9813231920 hardcover ; alkaline paper

9789813238282 paperback

DDC

530.0922

MMS ID

991024165561402626

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