Books by: JEREMY BERNSTEIN

Plutonium: A History of the World's Most Dangerous Element

When plutonium was first manufactured at Berkeley in the spring of 1941, there was so little of it that it was not visible to the naked eye. It took a year to accumulate enough so that one could actually see it. Now so much has been produced that we don't know what to do to get rid of it. We have created... [more]
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Nuclear Weapons: What You Need to Know

Nuclear Weapons is a history of nuclear weapons. From their initial theoretical development at the start of the twentieth century to the recent tests in North Korea, the author seeks to, at each point in the narrative, describe the basic science of nuclear weaponry. At the same time, he offers accounts... [more]
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Modern Physics

This comprehensive book provides the most complete coverage of general relativity and cosmology—with detailed discussions on the historical origins of topics. Its presentation is consistently linked to observation, and to the physical numbers as well, so that readers develop a sense of the magnitudes... [more]
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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,... [more]
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Oppenheimer: Portrait of an Enigma

As a former colleague of Oppenheimer's, Jeremy Bernstein has written a biographical profile that is both personal and historical, bringing the reader close to the life and workings of an extraordinary and controversial man. Without Oppenheimer's totally remarkable leadership at Los Alamos, the atomic... [more]
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Albert Einstein: And the Frontiers of Physics (Oxford Scientists)

Examines the personality as well as the thought process which led this physicist to his discoveries which have helped shape our understanding of the natural world.... [more]
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Hitler's Uranium Club: The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall

From April through December of 1945, ten of Nazi Germany's greatest nuclear physicists were detained by Allied military and intelligence services in a kind of "gilded cage" -- at Farm Hall, an English country manor near Cambridge, England. The physicists knew the Reich had failed to develop an atomic... [more]
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Secrets of the Old One: Einstein, 1905

Beginning on the 18th of March, 1905,at approximately eight week intervals, the noted German physics journal Annalen der Physik received three hand-written manuscripts from a relatively unknown patent examiner in Bern. The patent examiner was the twenty-six year old Albert Einstein and the three papers... [more]
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The Merely Personal: Observations on Science and Scientists

A collection of essays representing the last ten years of the author's work. A compilation of observations on science and scientists, these essays include critical reviews of books on Einstein, descriptions of the author's encounters with influential scientists, and an attempt to explain Quantum Theory... [more]
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Cranks, Quarks, and the Cosmos: Writings on Science

A collection of pieces by the noted "New Yorker" science writer Jeremy Bernstein, this book includes pieces from the "New Yorker" as well as many others published in smaller journals and two new pieces. Among the great scientists discussed are Alan Turing, Primo Levi and Edwin Land.... [more]
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