Bird of passage: recollections of a physicist
Auteur :
Peierls, Rudolf
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691602202
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
526 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Here is the intensely personal and often humorous autobiography of one of the most distinguished theoretical physicists of his generation, Sir Rudolf Peierls. Born in Germany in 1907, Peierls was indeed a bird of passage," whose career of fifty-five years took him to leading centers of physics--including Munich, Leipzig, Zurich, Copenhagen, Cambrid