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    Oppenheimer

    Jeremy Bernstein

    In this biographical memoir, written by a former colleague, J. Robert Oppenheimer emerges as a man unsure of his identity and captive to an element of self-destructiveness in his makeup…

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    Albert Einstein and the Frontiers of Physics

    Jeremy Bernstein

    Examines the personality as well as the thought process which led this physicist to his discoveries which have helped shape our understanding of the natural world.

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    Nuclear Weapons: What You Need to Know

    Jeremy Bernstein

    Nuclear Weapons is a history of nuclear weapons. From their initial theoretical development at the start of the twentieth century to the recent tests in North Korea, the author seeks…

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    Dawning of the Raj: The Life and Trials of Warren Hastings

    Jeremy Bernstein

    This narrative provides an account of Warren Hastings, the first British governor-general of India. The book looks at his rise from clerk in the East India Company to its highest…

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    Kinetic Theory in the Expanding Universe

    Jeremy Bernstein

    This graduate/research level text is a self-contained exposition of the applications of kinetic theory to basic problems in modern cosmology. It studies what can be concluded from the application to…

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    Kinetic Theory in the Expanding Universe

    Jeremy Bernstein

    This graduate/research level text is a self-contained exposition of the applications of kinetic theory to basic problems in modern cosmology. It studies what can be concluded from the application to…

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    Oppenheimer: Portrait of an Enigma

    Jeremy Bernstein

    A study of the great nuclear physicist is an intensely interesting biographical profile, both personal and historical, Oppenheimer brings the reader close to the life and workings of an extraordinary…

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    Nuclear Weapons: What You Need to Know

    Jeremy Bernstein

    Nuclear Weapons is a history of nuclear weapons. From their initial theoretical development at the start of the twentieth century to the recent tests in North Korea, the author seeks…

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    A Theory for Everything

    Jeremy Bernstein

    …heartily recommended as being as fine an example as one can hope to find of expository writing on science. The profiles of the giants of modern science, not to mention…

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    Secrets of the Old One: Einstein, 1905

    Jeremy Bernstein

    Makes these ideas accessible to a general reader complex concepts of relativity and the stimulated emission of light through the use of mathematics no more difficult than one learns in…

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    Physicists on Wall Street and Other Essays on Science and Society

    Jeremy Bernstein

    Dipping into this diverse collection of essays is like rummaging around in the mind of a genius who has a potpourri of interests. The author has not only has rubbed…

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    Physicists on Wall Street and Other Essays on Science and Society

    Jeremy Bernstein

    Dipping into this diverse collection of essays is like rummaging around in the mind of a genius who has a potpourri of interests. The author has not only has rubbed…

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    Secrets of the Old One: Einstein, 1905

    Jeremy Bernstein

    Makes these ideas accessible to a general reader complex concepts of relativity and the stimulated emission of light through the use of mathematics no more difficult than one learns in…

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    A Palette of Particles

    Jeremy Bernstein

    Jeremy Bernstein guides readers through high-energy physics from early twentieth-century atomic models to leptons, mesons, quarks, and the newly discovered Higgs boson, drawing them into the excitement of a universe…

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    Nuclear Iran

    Jeremy Bernstein

    This succinct book is timely reading for anyone who wishes to understand the maze of science and secrecy at the heart of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Writing for the general reader…

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    Plutonium: A History of the World’s Most Dangerous Element

    Jeremy Bernstein

    In his new history of this complex and dangerous element, noted physicist Bernstein describes the steps that were taken to transform plutonium from a laboratory novelty into the nuclear weapon…

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    Quantum Profiles: Second Edition

    Jeremy Bernstein

    This book updates Bernstein’s original edition of Quantum Profiles with seven added profiles about prolific twentieth century physicists.

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    Song For Molly, A

    Jeremy Bernstein

    A Song for Molly is both a love story and a poetic homage to science. The subjects in this first-person novella range from encounters with Wittgenstein, Einstein and Goedel, to…

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    Song For Molly, A

    Jeremy Bernstein

    A Song for Molly is both a love story and a poetic homage to science. The subjects in this first-person novella range from encounters with Wittgenstein, Einstein and Goedel, to…

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    A Bouquet of Dyson: Reflections on Science and Scientists

    Jeremy Bernstein

    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…

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    Spaceship Orion And Other Scientific Explorations, The

    Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Inst Of Technology, Usa)

    A curation of essays penned by Jeremy Bernstein, this book is a treasure trove of personal stories ranging from Bernstein’s expedition to Mount Everest, cherished encounters with the fathers of…

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    One Physicist’s Guide to Nuclear Weapons: A global perspective

    Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA)

    One Physicist’s Guide to Nuclear Weapons presents a truly global look at the history, use, and issues surrounding nuclear weapons from the perspective of physicist and writer Jeremy Bernstein.

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    Spaceship Orion And Other Scientific Explorations, The

    Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Inst Of Technology, Usa)

    A curation of essays penned by Jeremy Bernstein, this book is a treasure trove of personal stories ranging from Bernstein’s expedition to Mount Everest, cherished encounters with the fathers of…

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    Chorus Of Bells And Other Scientific Inquiries, A

    Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Inst Of Technology, Usa)

    This book of essays in four parts, was written over a decade and full of surprises for the breadth and variety of its subject matter. The first part is about…

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    Bouquet Of Numbers And Other Scientific Offerings, A

    Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Inst Of Technology, Usa)

    This book is an essay collection, along with short stories, which attempt to explain some scientific ideas.

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    Bouquet Of Numbers And Other Scientific Offerings, A

    Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Inst Of Technology, Usa)

    This book is an essay collection, along with short stories, which attempt to explain some scientific ideas

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    Bouquet Of Dyson, A: And Other Reflections On Science And Scientists

    Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Inst Of Technology, Usa)

    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…

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    Quantum Leaps: How Quantum Mechanics Took Over Science

    Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Inst Of Technology, Usa)

    In the early years of its conception, J Robert Oppenheimer spoke of quantum theory as a subject that was ‘unlikely to be known to any poet or historian.’ Yet, as…

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    Quantum Leaps: How Quantum Mechanics Took Over Science

    Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Inst Of Technology, Usa)

    In the early years of its conception, J Robert Oppenheimer spoke of quantum theory as a subject that was ‘unlikely to be known to any poet or historian.’ Yet, as…

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    Hitler’s Uranium Club: The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall

    Jeremy Bernstein

    This book contains annotated transcripts of the Farm Hall conversations, and brings insights into the progress of the German bomb project during World War II, the thoughts of German scientists…

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    The Elusive Neutrino

    Professor of Physics Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Institute of Technology)

    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Greek Origins 19th Century Revival The Electron Isotopes Wave Character of the Electron Spin The Neutron Transformation of Particles JUST GIVE THE NEWS The Photon Electromagnetic Properties Interactions…

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