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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David C. CassidyPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: 1st ed. 2017 Weight: 3.376kg ISBN: 9783319595771ISBN 10: 3319595776 Pages: 125 Publication Date: 15 September 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Farm Hall, the Play.- A Brief History of the German Project, Alsos, and Farm Hall.- Science, History, Drama.- Historical Sources: The Farm Hall Reports.ReviewsHe highlights several incidents that bring the story to life, including the Germans' confused reaction to the news of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the surprise announcement of Otto Hahn's Nobel ... . Ultimately, however, Cassidy has made Farm Hall come alive, with all the important contradictions and conflicts it embodies. His book should be of special interest to physicists and physics students and is a valuable addition to our understanding of this ambiguous chapter in the history of modern physics. (Mark Walker, Physics Today, March, 2018) Author InformationDavid C. Cassidy is a prize-winning historian and dramatist of science. He is a professor emeritus at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York USA. His previous books include Beyond Uncertainty: Heisenberg, Quantum Physics and the Bomb; Einstein and Our World; and J. Robert Oppenheimer and the American Century. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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