Physicists on Wall Street and Other Essays on Science and Society

Over the years, Jeremy Bernstein has been in contact with many of the world’s most renowned physicists and other scientists, many of whom were involved in politics, literature, and language. In this diverse collection of essays, he reflects on their work, their personal relationships, their motives,...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bernstein, Jeremy (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a Economists -- Options -- Black-Scholes -- The Rise and Fall of the Quants -- Scientists -- Heisenberg in Poland -- The Orion -- Tales from South Africa -- A Nuclear Supermarket -- Ottavio Baldi: The Life and Times of Sir Henry Wotton -- Linguists -- The Spencers of Althorp and Sir William Jones: A Love Story -- All That Glitters -- In a Word, “Lions” -- Fiction and Stranger than Fiction -- The Pianist, Fiction and Non-fiction -- Rocket Science -- The Science of Michel Thomas -- Topology -- What the #$*!?. 
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