Atomic Histories (Masters of Modern Physics)

By Rudolf E. Peierls

Physicist Rudolf Peierls offers an enlightening collection of essays, book reviews, and candid profiles of some of the most famous scientists of the 20th century. Many of the essays are concerned with the nuclear arms race, which Dr Peierls has consistently opposed. The book reviews reflect Peierls's position on the Strategic Defense Initiative and his views on energy policy. Peierls also writes about mentor Wolfgang Pauli, the controversial figure of Werner Heisenberg, J. Robert Oppenheimer as a troubled young man, and personal friends Herbert Skinner, Niels Bohr, Max Planck, and others.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563962438
• ISBN13: 9781563962431
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 6.8"