Disturbing the universe
By: Freeman Dyson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Dyson, Freeman J; Physicists -- United States -- Biography; Science
Description: Spanning the years from World War II, when he was a civilian statistician in the operations research section of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command, through his studies with Hans Bethe at Cornell University, his early friendship with Richard Feynman, and his postgraduate work with J. Robert Oppenheimer, Freeman Dyson has composed an autobiography unlike any other. Dyson evocatively conveys the thrill of a deep engagement with the world-be it as scientist, citizen, student, or parent. Detailing a unique career not limited to his groundbreaking work in physics, Dyson discusses his interest in minimizing loss of life in war, in disarmament, and even in thought experiments on the expansion of our frontiers into the galaxies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.