2015, ISBN: 1451675755

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[EAN: 9781451675757], D'occasion, très bon état, [SC: 28.01], [PU: Simon & Schuster, New York], ERNEST LAWRENCE, NUCLEAR PHYSICS, MANHATTAN PROJECT, ATOMIC BOMB, HYDROGEN LUIS ALVAREZ, EN… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781451675757], D'occasion, très bon état, [SC: 28.01], [PU: Simon & Schuster, New York], ERNEST LAWRENCE, NUCLEAR PHYSICS, MANHATTAN PROJECT, ATOMIC BOMB, HYDROGEN LUIS ALVAREZ, ENERGY COMMISSION, ARTHUR COMPTON, JAMES CONANT, CYCLOTRON, LESLIE GROVES, MILTON LIVINGSTON, EDWIN MCMILLAN, ROBERT OPPENHEIMER, GLENN SEABORG, EDW, Jacket, x, [2], 512, [2] pages. Includes Acknowledgments, Bibliography, Notes, and Index. Two small tears to rear dust jacket. Black mark on bottom edge. Michael A. Hiltzik (born November 9, 1952) is an American columnist and reporter. In 1999, he won a beat reporting Pulitzer Prize for co-writing a series of articles about corruption in the music industry with Chuck Philips. He won two Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. Ernest O. Lawrence's invention of the cyclotron revolutionized nuclear physics, and ultimately would transform everything about how science was done. Lawrence would win the Nobel Prize in physics and would become the confidant of presidents and leaders of industry. He would become deeply involved in the Manhattan Project that produced the atomic bomb, and influence the decision to appoint Robert Oppenheimer as head of the bomb project in Los Alamos. He advocated for the hydrogen bomb, but also urge an end to the arms race. Since the 1930s, the scale of scientific endeavor has grown exponentially. The first particle accelerator could be held in its creator's lap, while its successor grew to seventeen miles in circumference and cost ten billion dollars. We have invented the atomic bomb, put man on the moon, and probed the inner workings of nature at the scale of subatomic particles--all the result of Big Science, the model of industrial-scale research paid for by governments, departments of defense, and corporations that has driven the great scientific projects of our time. The birth of Big Science can be traced nearly nine decades ago in Berkeley, California, when a young scientist with a talent for physics declared, "I'm going to be famous " His name was Ernest Orlando Lawrence. His invention, the cyclotron, would revolutionize nuclear physics, but that was only the beginning of its impact, which would be felt in academia, industry, and international politics. It was the beginning of Big Science. First Simon & Schuster Hardcover Edition., Books<

2015, ISBN: 9781451675757

Signed by the author, First Edition, Very Good ConditionBinding and spine have slight separation when book is opened, all else fine. Please inquire for photos of binding if interested. Du… Mehr…

Signed by the author, First Edition, Very Good ConditionBinding and spine have slight separation when book is opened, all else fine. Please inquire for photos of binding if interested. Dust jacket in mint condition and protected in Mylar. Signed by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Michael Hiltzik, on title page. First edition print. The epic story of how science went "big" and the forgotten genius who started it all"entertaining, thoroughly researchedpartly a biography, partly an account of the influence of Ernest Lawrence's great idea, partly a short history of nuclear physics and the Bomb" (The Wall Street Journal).Since the 1930s, the scale of scientific endeavor has grown exponentially. The first particle accelerator could be held in its creator's lap, while its successor grew to seventeen miles in circumference and cost ten billion dollars. We have invented the atomic bomb, put man on the moon, and probed the inner workings of nature at the scale of subatomic particlesall the result of Big Science, the model of industrial-scale research paid for by governments, departments of defense, and corporations that has driven the great scientific projects of our time.The birth of Big Science can be traced nearly nine decades ago in Berkeley, California, when a young scientist with a talent for physics declared, "I'm going to be famous!" His name was Ernest Orlando Lawrence. His invention, the cyclotron, would revolutionize nuclear physics, but that was only the beginning of its impact, which would be felt in academia, industry, and international politics. It was the beginning of Big Science."An exciting book.A bright narrative that captures the wonder of nuclear physics without flying off into a physics Neverland.Big Science is an excellent summary of how physics became nuclear and changed the world" (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland). This is the "absorbing and expansive" (Los Angeles Times) story that is "important for understanding how science and politics entwine in the United Stateswith striking details and revealing quotations" (The New York Times Book Review).Thank you for supporting Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families! If you would like to learn more about us, please visit www.casapacifica.org, Simon & Schuster, 2015-07, 4<

2015, ISBN: 9781451675757

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. First Simon & Schuster Hardcover Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. x, [2], 512, [2] pages. Includes Acknowledgments, Bibliography, Notes, an… Mehr…

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. First Simon & Schuster Hardcover Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. x, [2], 512, [2] pages. Includes Acknowledgments, Bibliography, Notes, and Index. Two small tears to rear dust jacket. Black mark on bottom edge. Michael A. Hiltzik (born November 9, 1952) is an American columnist and reporter. In 1999, he won a beat reporting Pulitzer Prize for co-writing a series of articles about corruption in the music industry with Chuck Philips. He won two Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. Ernest O. Lawrence's invention of the cyclotron revolutionized nuclear physics, and ultimately would transform everything about how science was done. Lawrence would win the Nobel Prize in physics and would become the confidant of presidents and leaders of industry. He would become deeply involved in the Manhattan Project that produced the atomic bomb, and influence the decision to appoint Robert Oppenheimer as head of the bomb project in Los Alamos. He advocated for the hydrogen bomb, but also urge an end to the arms race. Since the 1930s, the scale of scientific endeavor has grown exponentially. The first particle accelerator could be held in its creator's lap, while its successor grew to seventeen miles in circumference and cost ten billion dollars. We have invented the atomic bomb, put man on the moon, and probed the inner workings of nature at the scale of subatomic particles--all the result of Big Science, the model of industrial-scale research paid for by governments, departments of defense, and corporations that has driven the great scientific projects of our time. The birth of Big Science can be traced nearly nine decades ago in Berkeley, California, when a young scientist with a talent for physics declared, "I'm going to be famous " His name was Ernest Orlando Lawrence. His invention, the cyclotron, would revolutionize nuclear physics, but that was only the beginning of its impact, which would be felt in academia, industry, and international politics. It was the beginning of Big Science., Simon & Schuster, 2015, 2.75<