Climbing the Mountain
The Scientific Biography of Julian Schwinger
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Publication
2000-07-28 - Oxford University Press, USA
Language
English
Word Count
172,500 words, Guess
Page Count
690 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9655522M
- ISBN-139780198506584
- ISBN-100198506589
- OCLC Control Number43227356
- OCLC Control Numberclimbingmountain00mehr_685
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number99087323
- LibraryThing652571
- Goodreads4263411
Classifications
- LCCQC16.S29M45 2000
Description
"Julian Schwinger was one of the leading theoretical physicists of the twentieth century. His contributions are as important, and as pervasive, as those of Richard Feynman, with whom (and with Sin-itiro Tomonaga) he shared the 1965 Nobel Prize for Physics. Yet, while Feynman is universally recognized as a cultural icon, Schwinger is little known even to many within the physics community. This biography aims to describe Schwinger's life and research contributions to a wider audience." "This biography describes the many strands of his research life, while tracing the personal life of this private and gentle genius."--Jacket.
First Sentence
Julian Seymour Schwinger was born on 12 February 1918 ('just five score and nine years after the birthday of Abraham Lincoln') in New York City into a middle class family.
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