The Resource Maker of patterns : an autobiography through letters, Freeman Dyson
Maker of patterns : an autobiography through letters, Freeman Dyson
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The item Maker of patterns : an autobiography through letters, Freeman Dyson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vaughan Public Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Both recalling his life story and recounting many of the major advances in twentieth-century science, a renowned physicist shares his autobiography through letters. While recognizing that quantum mechanics "demands serious attention," Albert Einstein in 1926 admonished fellow physicist Max Born that the theory "does not bring us closer to the secrets of the Old One." Aware that "there are deep mysteries that Nature intends to keep for herself," Freeman Dyson, the 94-year-old theoretical physicist, has nonetheless chronicled the stories of those who were engaged in solving some of the most challenging quandaries of twentieth-century physics. Written between 1940 and the early 1980s, these letters to relatives form an historic account of modern science and its greatest players, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feynman, Stephen Hawking, and Hans Bethe. Whether reflecting on the horrors of World War II, the moral dilemmas of nuclear development, the challenges of the space program, or the considerable demands of raising six children, Dyson offers a firsthand account of one of the greatest periods of scientific discovery of our modern age"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 400 pages
- Contents
-
- The physicist in love
- Cornell professor
- Mycenean tablets and spin waves
- Moscow and La Jolla
- The forsaken merman
- A spaceship and a wedding
- Homecoming
- Working for peace
- Marching for justice
- Sitting in judgment
- Great minds around the billiard table
- Two deaths and two departures
- Adventures of a psychiatric nurse
- Whale worshippers and moonchildren
- War and peace
- Truth and reconciliation
- Cornell student
- Go west, young man
- Demigods on stilts
- Nolo contendere
- Well, doc, you're in
- Isbn
- 9780871403865
- Label
- Maker of patterns : an autobiography through letters
- Title
- Maker of patterns
- Title remainder
- an autobiography through letters
- Statement of responsibility
- Freeman Dyson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Both recalling his life story and recounting many of the major advances in twentieth-century science, a renowned physicist shares his autobiography through letters. While recognizing that quantum mechanics "demands serious attention," Albert Einstein in 1926 admonished fellow physicist Max Born that the theory "does not bring us closer to the secrets of the Old One." Aware that "there are deep mysteries that Nature intends to keep for herself," Freeman Dyson, the 94-year-old theoretical physicist, has nonetheless chronicled the stories of those who were engaged in solving some of the most challenging quandaries of twentieth-century physics. Written between 1940 and the early 1980s, these letters to relatives form an historic account of modern science and its greatest players, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feynman, Stephen Hawking, and Hans Bethe. Whether reflecting on the horrors of World War II, the moral dilemmas of nuclear development, the challenges of the space program, or the considerable demands of raising six children, Dyson offers a firsthand account of one of the greatest periods of scientific discovery of our modern age"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- CaOWLBI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dyson, Freeman J
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- facsimiles
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Dyson, Freeman J
- Dyson, Freeman J.
- Physicists
- Physicists
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- Maker of patterns : an autobiography through letters, Freeman Dyson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The physicist in love
- Cornell professor
- Mycenean tablets and spin waves
- Moscow and La Jolla
- The forsaken merman
- A spaceship and a wedding
- Homecoming
- Working for peace
- Marching for justice
- Sitting in judgment
- Great minds around the billiard table
- Two deaths and two departures
- Adventures of a psychiatric nurse
- Whale worshippers and moonchildren
- War and peace
- Truth and reconciliation
- Cornell student
- Go west, young man
- Demigods on stilts
- Nolo contendere
- Well, doc, you're in
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 400 pages
- Isbn
- 9780871403865
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2017055725
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustration, facsimile
- System control number
- (CaOWLBI)pr01306829
- Label
- Maker of patterns : an autobiography through letters, Freeman Dyson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The physicist in love
- Cornell professor
- Mycenean tablets and spin waves
- Moscow and La Jolla
- The forsaken merman
- A spaceship and a wedding
- Homecoming
- Working for peace
- Marching for justice
- Sitting in judgment
- Great minds around the billiard table
- Two deaths and two departures
- Adventures of a psychiatric nurse
- Whale worshippers and moonchildren
- War and peace
- Truth and reconciliation
- Cornell student
- Go west, young man
- Demigods on stilts
- Nolo contendere
- Well, doc, you're in
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 400 pages
- Isbn
- 9780871403865
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2017055725
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustration, facsimile
- System control number
- (CaOWLBI)pr01306829
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