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Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Freeman Dyson has been influential in many fields over his long and legendary career, including quantum physics, national defense, space, and religion. In this definitive biography, author Phillip F. Schewe examines the life of one of the most innovative thinkers of our time, whose accomplishments include: designing a nuclear rocket ship, The Orion, for NASA, helping write the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, consulting for Stanley Kubrick on the film 2001:...
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This program focuses on efforts to complete Einstein's quest for a grand unifying theory that will explain all of the forces of nature in the same terms."--Container. Includes discussion of different theories (such as string theory and M theory) by Nathan Sieberg, Edward Witten, Juan Maldacena and Freeman Dyson.
5) Thinking big
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This program brings together six icons of intellect--mathematician John Nash, mathematical biologist Martin Nowak, mathematician Enrico Bombieri, mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson, cultural anthropologist Clifford Geertz, and pianist Robert Taub--who talk about milestones on their roads to success."--Container.