ISBN:
9780387765068
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (XII, 182p. 4 illus, digital)
Serie:
SpringerLink
Serie:
Bücher
Paralleltitel:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929 - Physicists on Wall Street and other essays on science and society
Schlagwort(e):
Science History
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Science (General)
;
Economics
;
Science, general
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Economics
;
Science (General)
;
Science History
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Physik
;
Geschichte 1900-2000
;
Physik
;
Geschichte 1900-2000
Kurzfassung:
Jeremy Bernstein
Kurzfassung:
Over the years, Jeremy Bernstein has been in contact with many of the worlda (TM)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, and their contributions. Even for those people he writes about that he did not know personally, he provides important insights into their lives and work, and questions their character, their decisions, and the lives they led. In the first three essays, Professor Bernstein looks at economic the
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
CONTENTS; About the Author; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Economists; 1 Options; 2 Black-Scholes; 3 The Rise and Fall of the Quants; Part II Scientists; 4 Heisenberg in Poland; 5 The Orion; 6 Tales from South Africa; 7 A Nuclear Supermarket; 8 Ottavio Baldi: The Life and Times of Sir Henry Wotton; Part III Linguists; 9 The Spencers of Althorp and Sir William Jones: A Love Story; 10 All That Glitters; 11 In a Word, " Lions "; Part IV Fiction and Stranger than Fiction; 12 The Pianist, Fiction and Non-fiction; 13 Rocket Science; 14 The Science of Michel Thomas; 15 Topology; 16 What the #*!?
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Author's Note About "Beating the System"Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/978-0-387-76506-8
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