A Theory for Everything

Here are fifteen pieces on the history and personalities of physics and related fields, from the well-known physicist and essayist Jeremy Bernstein. The pieces in this collection include profiles of Niels Bohr, Marie Curie, Linus Pauling, the linguist Hans Eberstark, and Julian Schwinger; essays on thought experiments, Einstein's scientific legacy, the early debate on black holes, and the cold fusion controversy; and some humorous short fiction. Most of this work has appeared in the New Yorker, Scientific American, or The Atlantic Monthly.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Copernicus Books
Published: 08/29/1996
ISBN: 9780387947006
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.48w x 1.22d

Review Citations: Library Journal 10/01/1996 pg. 118