Welcome to Loot.co.za! Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search

Checkout
- Your Cart Price

Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science

Buy Now

Faust in Copenhagen - A Struggle for the Soul of Physics (Paperback) Loot Price: R586

Discovery Miles 5 860

You Save: R31 (5%)

Add to cart

Faust in Copenhagen - A Struggle for the Soul of Physics (Paperback): Gino Segre

Faust in Copenhagen - A Struggle for the Soul of Physics (Paperback)

Gino Segre

(sign in to rate)

List price ~~R617~~ Loot Price R586 Discovery Miles 5 860 You Save R31 (5%)

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

Description
Details
Customer Reviews

A physicist himself, Gino SegrA] writes about what scientists doaand why they do itawith intimacy, clarity, and passion. In "Faust in Copenhagen," he evokes the fleeting, magical moment when physicsaand the worldawas about to lose its innocence forever. Known by physicists as the miracle year, 1932 saw the discovery of the neutron and antimatter, as well as the first artificially induced nuclear transmutations. However, while scientists celebrated these momentous discoveriesawhich presaged the nuclear era and the emergence of big scienceaduring a meeting at Niels Bohras Copenhagen Institute, Europe was moving inexorably toward totalitarianism and war.

General

Imprint:	Penguin USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2008
First published:	June 2008
Authors:	Gino Segre
Dimensions:	213 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-311373-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Promotions
LSN:	0-14-311373-9
Barcode:	9780143113737