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A Passion for Discovery
This fascinating book assembles human stories about physicists and mathematicians. Remarkably, these stories cluster around some general themes having to do with the interaction between scientists, and with the impact of historic events - such as the advent of fascism and communism in the twentieth...
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| Lenguaje: | eng |
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World Scientific
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1087902 |
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| author | Freund, Peter George Oliver |
| author_facet | Freund, Peter George Oliver |
| author_sort | Freund, Peter George Oliver |
| collection | CERN |
| description | This fascinating book assembles human stories about physicists and mathematicians. Remarkably, these stories cluster around some general themes having to do with the interaction between scientists, and with the impact of historic events - such as the advent of fascism and communism in the twentieth century - on scientists' behavior. Briefly, but lucidly, some of the beautiful science that brought these scientists together in the first place is explained.Author's webpage: http://freund9.googlepages.com/peterfreundwritings. |
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| institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2007 |
| publisher | World Scientific |
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| spelling | cern-10879022021-04-22T01:51:35Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1087902engFreund, Peter George OliverA Passion for DiscoveryBiography, Geography, HistoryThis fascinating book assembles human stories about physicists and mathematicians. Remarkably, these stories cluster around some general themes having to do with the interaction between scientists, and with the impact of historic events - such as the advent of fascism and communism in the twentieth century - on scientists' behavior. Briefly, but lucidly, some of the beautiful science that brought these scientists together in the first place is explained.Author's webpage: http://freund9.googlepages.com/peterfreundwritings.World Scientificoai:cds.cern.ch:10879022007 |
| spellingShingle | Biography, Geography, History Freund, Peter George Oliver A Passion for Discovery |
| title | A Passion for Discovery |
| title_full | A Passion for Discovery |
| title_fullStr | A Passion for Discovery |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Passion for Discovery |
| title_short | A Passion for Discovery |
| title_sort | passion for discovery |
| topic | Biography, Geography, History |
| url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1087902 |
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