Jeremy Bernstein

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1) A palette of particles

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Pub. Date

2013.

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A guide to high-energy physics from the early twentieth century to the present, including such highlights as Ernest Rutherford's 1911 explanation of the nucleus, the newly discovered Higgs boson, and anecdotes about famous physicists.

2) Experiencing science

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Bernstein, Jeremy

Pub. Date

[1978]

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Two faces of physics: Kepler, harmony of the world. Rabi, the modern age.--Three faces of biology: Lysenko, enemies of the people. A sorrow and a pity, Rosalind Franklin and The double helix. Lewis Thomas, life of a biology watcher.--Fact and Includes index. Bibliography: p. 266.

3) Plutonium: a history of the world's most dangerous element

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Bernstein, Jeremy

Pub. Date

[2007]

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"In his new history of this complex and dangerous element, physicist Jeremy Bernstein describes the steps that were taken to transform plutonium from a laboratory novelty into the nuclear weapon that destroyed Nagasaki. This is the first book to weave together the many strands of plutonium's story, explaining not only the science but also the people involved."--BOOK JACKET.

4) In the Himalayas: journeys through Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan

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Bernstein, Jeremy

Pub. Date

c1989

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Describes the author's travel experiences in the Himalayan regions of Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan, combining adventure, history, and geography of this area.

5) Cranks, quarks, and the cosmos: writings on science

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Bernstein, Jeremy

Pub. Date

c1993

6) Hitler's uranium club: the secret recordings at Farm Hall

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Bernstein, Jeremy

Pub. Date

[1996]

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"This book contains new insights into one of the unanswered questions of recent world history. Why, with their head start in not only research in nuclear fission but in other technological feats, didn't the Germans succeed in building a nuclear bomb during World War II? Now ..., this book brings to the public ... annotated transcripts of ... declassified intelligence reports from that time. These reports contain verbatim conversations among ten German...

7) Albert Einstein and the frontiers of physics

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Bernstein, Jeremy

Series

Oxford portraits in science

Pub. Date

1996

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Examines the personality as well as the thought process which led this physicist to his discoveries which have helped shape our understanding of the natural world.