The Merely Personal
Observations on Science and Scientists
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Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemerelypersonalob0000bern
- ISBN-101566633443
- ISBN-139781566633444
- Library of Congress Control Number00063917
- OCLC Control Number44905123
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781566633444
- Open LibraryOL8670111M
Classifications
- LCCQ171 .B5375 2001
- LCCQ171.B5375 2001
Description
""Ever since I began studying science," Jeremy Bernstein writes, "I have been struck by its human characteristics. Yet in his autobiography, Einstein said that he took up science precisely as an alternative to the merely personal. In fact there is no alternative to the merely personal, as Einstein's own life demonstrates."" "Thus the title of Mr. Bernstein's sparkling new collection of essays, which represents much of his work over the past ten years.". "In The Merely Personal, his essays range from an attempt to explain the quantum theory through the use of Tom Stoppard's play Hapgood, to a critical review of recent books on Einstein. They describe Mr. Bernstein's encounters with such people as J. Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe, Bobby Fischer, W. H. Auden, and Richard Feynman. Readers will find an explanation of the origin of Newton's contention that he stood on the shoulders of giants; a description of a surreal encounter with the logician Kurt Godel; a discussion of computer chess; and an analysis of the attempts of the Germans to build an atomic bomb during World War II."--BOOK JACKET.
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