The Joy of Insight: Passions of a Physicist

by Victor F. Weisskopf

Book Overview

This autobiography looks at Victor Weisskopf, a scientist at the forefront of particle physics research who became one of the early advocates of nuclear responsibility. The book chronicles his life and is set against the backdrop of one of history's most fertile periods of scientific endeavour.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465036775
• ISBN13: 9780465036776
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.