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- catalog abstract """Ever since I began studying science," Jeremy Bernstein writes, "I have been struck by its human characteristics. Yet in his autobiography, Einstein said that he took up science precisely as an alternative to the merely personal. In fact there is no alternative to the merely personal, as Einstein's own life demonstrates."" "Thus the title of Mr. Bernstein's sparkling new collection of essays, which represents much of his work over the past ten years." "In The Merely Personal, his essays range from an attempt to explain the quantum theory through the use of Tom Stoppard's play Hapgood, to a critical review of recent books on Einstein. They describe Mr. Bernstein's encounters with such people as J. Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe, Bobby Fischer, W.H. Auden, and Richard Feynman. Readers will find an explanation of the origin of Newton's contention that he stood on the shoulders of giants; a description of a surreal encounter with the logician Kurt Godel; a discussion of computer chess; and an analysis of the attempts of the Germans to build an atomic bomb during World War II."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12064079.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description """Ever since I began studying science," Jeremy Bernstein writes, "I have been struck by its human characteristics. Yet in his autobiography, Einstein said that he took up science precisely as an alternative to the merely personal. In fact there is no alternative to the merely personal, as Einstein's own life demonstrates."" "Thus the title of Mr. Bernstein's sparkling new collection of essays, which represents much of his work over the past ten years."".
- catalog description ""In The Merely Personal, his essays range from an attempt to explain the quantum theory through the use of Tom Stoppard's play Hapgood, to a critical review of recent books on Einstein. They describe Mr. Bernstein's encounters with such people as J. Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe, Bobby Fischer, W.H. Auden, and Richard Feynman. Readers will find an explanation of the origin of Newton's contention that he stood on the shoulders of giants; a description of a surreal encounter with the logician Kurt Godel; a discussion of computer chess; and an analysis of the attempts of the Germans to build an atomic bomb during World War II."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes index.".
- catalog description "On science -- The bead game in the glass house -- Tom Stoppard's quantum -- SN-1987A -- Einstein's blunder -- On scientists -- Enough Einstein? -- Heaven's net: John Donne and Johannes Kepler -- The merely very good -- Shadows -- Kurt Gödel: the decidable and the undecidable -- Giants and dwarfs -- The German atomic bomb -- Six pieces of Richard Feynman -- Nash.".
- catalog extent "245 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Merely personal.".
- catalog identifier "1566633443 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Merely personal.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : Ivan R. Dee,".
- catalog relation "Merely personal.".
- catalog subject "500 21".
- catalog subject "Q171 .B5375 2001".
- catalog subject "Science.".
- catalog subject "Scientists.".
- catalog tableOfContents "On science -- The bead game in the glass house -- Tom Stoppard's quantum -- SN-1987A -- Einstein's blunder -- On scientists -- Enough Einstein? -- Heaven's net: John Donne and Johannes Kepler -- The merely very good -- Shadows -- Kurt Gödel: the decidable and the undecidable -- Giants and dwarfs -- The German atomic bomb -- Six pieces of Richard Feynman -- Nash.".
- catalog title "The merely personal : observations on science and scientists / Jeremy Bernstein.".
- catalog type "text".