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Peace and War 0th Edition

by Robert Serber (Author), Robert P. Crease (Contributor)
4.2 out of 5 stars 4 customer reviews
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Product Details

  • Series: George B. Pegram Lecture Series
  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press (May 15, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0231105460
  • ISBN-13: 978-0231105460
  • Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,704,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsA life at the frontiers...
By Ash Jogalekar TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on May 18, 2006
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Robert Serber's definitive quality is understatement. Even the opening line of his book starts with the mundane "I was born on..." His style may seem to point to a manifestly boring book. It is only when one knows the importance of the ages which he lived through, that one realizes that Serber does not need to exaggerate or dramatize anything he says. The most noteworthy achievements are those which simply need to be stated, never eloquently dramatized. And Serber's life, his times, and his achievements are all more than noteworthy.

Robert Serber is not a name known to even most enthusiasts of science and history. But consider the major events of his life; childhood spent in Philadelphia, PhD. with Nobel Laureate John Van Vleck, post doctoral studies and a lifelong friendship with J. Robert Oppenheimer, time spent at Los Alamos as one of the primary participants in the Manhattan project, work on the hydrogen bomb, teaching and research at Berkeley, Illinois, and Columbia, and a life devoted to science, teaching, and scholarship. No wonder Serber does not need to overstate things. His words and observations do the talking and dramatization. And yet there is warmth, compassion and appreciation in his words, which may be subtle, but which are nonetheless an important ingredient of his writing.

This downplaying of major events and times is a characteristic that is not just a style of writing, but an inherent part of Serber's personality. The austere physicist from Philadelphia with a steel-trap mind liked to be a detached observer. He preferred to be a scribe who would record events for posterity. He describes some of the most important and personal events in his life, including tragic ones, with unblinking objectivity.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsNUCLEARIST
By Dr. Nuclear Physicist on January 8, 2009
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LOT OF INTERESTING TIDBITS; SOME OVERDONE. DISAPPOINTING LACK OF DETAIL ON PEOPLE HE WORKED WITH; PARTICULARLY OPPENHEIMER.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA wonderful, readable, 1st-hand account of 20th-C. physics.
By A Customer on April 23, 1999
Format: Hardcover
Serber, one of the most important and influential physicists of this century, tells it all. His perceptive and candid accounts of Los Alamos, Hiroshima, and US physics before and after WWII is amongst the best I have ever read. Of particular interest are a series of transcribed letters Serber and his wife exchanged while Serber was leading a group to Japan to study the effects of the bombs. These original accounts of his first impressions, untempered by decades of reflection, alone make this book worth reading. Any scientist, historian or well-read person will enjoy and learn from Serber's reminiscences.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA fascinating story by a nuclear pioneer
By Stephen M. St Onge on May 5, 1999
Format: Hardcover
Robert Serber was J. Robert Oppenheimer's student, friend, and first recruit for the atomic bomb laboratory at Los Alamos. Serber recounts this, as well as the most of the rest of his life, in an engaging informal style. I wish he'd been a little more forthcoming about his and Oppenheimer's politics, but even the little bit he tells adds vital new information to these subjects. He also recaptures how the A-bomb project looked to people who were AT WAR, who actually had to choose between killing the enemy and letting their countrymen be killed. Highly Recommended.
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