
Of One Mind
The Collectivization of Science
John Ziman(Author)
American Institute of Physics (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 8. May 1997
Book
Hardback
XVII, 407 pages
978-1-56396-065-9 (ISBN)
Description
This superb collection by the eminent physicist and critic John Ziman, opens with an album of portraits of scientists--Albert Einstein, Freeman Dyson, Lev Landau, Mark Azbel, Andrei Sakharov. Ziman takes readers into the world of the contemporary scientist, showing how discoveries are made and how claims are tested. He then travels into the minds of scientists as they are drawn into competing directions. Here Ziman exposes the path of discovery, which is strewn with complex human needs, governmental restrictions, the desire for profits, and the exercise of technical virtuosity.
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Series
Edition
1993
Language
English
Place of publication
NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
XVII, 407 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
805 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56396-065-9 (9781563960659)
Schweitzer Classification