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Here is a provocative collection of essays by Philip Morrison, widely known for his work on the Manhattan project, and later for his involvement in quantum and nuclear physics and high energy astrophysics. Morrison offers a stimulating look at diverse subjects ranging from cosmology (particularly interstellar communication) to nuclear disarmament to creative ways of teaching science. He also offers his own perspective on his inspiring friendships with Niels Bohr, Richard Feynman, Bernard Peters, and other physics giants.
Here is a provocative collection of essays by Philip Morrison, widely known for his work on the Manhattan project, and later for his involvement in quantum and nuclear physics and high energy astrophysics. Morrison offers a stimulating look at diverse subjects ranging from cosmology (particularly interstellar communication) to nuclear disarmament to creative ways of teaching science. He also offers his own perspective on his inspiring friendships with Niels Bohr, Richard Feynman, Bernard Peters, and other physics giants.
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United States, Los Alamos, Milky Way, New York, Royal Society, Phylis Morrison, Robert Oppenheimer, Analytical Engine, Great Britain, Soviet Union, Charles Babbage, New Mexico, Niels Bohr, San Francisco, Andromeda Nebula, Astronomical Society, Isaac Newton, Lord Kelvin, Richard Feynman, Uncle Josiah, Charles Darwin, Fred Hoyle, Jodrell Bank, Physical Review, Albert Einstein New!
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A fluent writer, I have, all the same, little talent for autobiography. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
quantum motion, strategic war, difference engine, radio search, astronomical world Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Los Alamos, Milky Way, New York, Royal Society, Phylis Morrison, Robert Oppenheimer, Analytical Engine, Great Britain, Soviet Union, Charles Babbage, New Mexico, Niels Bohr, San Francisco, Andromeda Nebula, Astronomical Society, Isaac Newton, Lord Kelvin, Richard Feynman, Uncle Josiah, Charles Darwin, Fred Hoyle, Jodrell Bank, Physical Review, Albert Einstein New!
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- Powers of Ten (Scientific American Library Paperback) by Philip Morrison in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Mind of Man by Nigel Calder on page 262, and page 269
- Reflections on the Decline of Science in England (Dodo Press) by Charles Babbage on page 434
- Mountain View by Virginia Pinchbeck Anderson in Back Matter
- Moments in the Life of a Scientist by Bruno Rossi in Back Matter
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- First You Build a Cloud: And Other Reflections on Physics as a Way of Life by K. C. Cole in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Heisenberg and the Nazi Atomic Bomb Project, 1939-1945: A Study in German Culture by Paul Lawrence Rose on page 84, and Back Matter
- This Gifted Age (Masters of Modern Physics) by John C. Gibbons in Front Matter
- Of One Mind: The Collectivization of Science (Masters of Modern Physics, Vol 16) by John Ziman in Front Matter
- Remaking American Theater: Charles Mee, Anne Bogart and the SITI Company (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama) by Scott T. Cummings on page 172
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