- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: The MIT Press; Reprint edition (Mar 25 1985)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0262631016
- ISBN-13: 978-0262631013
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,003,106 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"It is easy to be enthusiastic about Ruth Moore's biography. It turns out to be the most pleasant and painless way I know for the other culture to taste the flavor and excitement of modern atomic physics...."
- Howard Simons, The New Republic
"This book... does more than tell the story of an attractive human being; it also contributes to an understanding of twentieth-century science."
- Oscar Handlin, Atlantic Monthly
"Ruth Moore's is the first comprehensive biography of Niels Bohr. Addressed to a wide circle of readers, it is well written, factual, and informative and is an enthusiastic ,and exciting piece of reporting .... Moore's account of Bohr's political crusade is thorough and impressive. Many of Bohr's hopes may seem naive now, but his voice during the war was a voice of wisdom and sanity in a very dark time."
- Aage Petersen, Science
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This new paperback edition celebrates the centennial of the birth of one of the major theoretical physicists of our time. It is an engrossing account of an exciting period in history and science as well as a good introduction to nuclear physics for the nonscientist.
Moving from Bohr's first great contribution - a description of what is essentially the modern picture of the atom, in 1913, for which he won the Nobel Prize in 1922 - the book covers his creation of one of the most productive research institutes of the modern period. It also describes his less well known political work before and during World War II, when Bohr first helped colleagues escape from Italy and Germany, and then returned to Denmark to participate in the anti-Nazi movement; and at war's end, when he worked toward a vision of a world free from the dangers of nuclear war.
Ruth Moore is a science feature writer for the Chicago Sunday Times. She is the author of several popular science books, including Man, Time, and Fossils: The Story of Evolution and Charles Darwin: A Great Life in Brief.
Moving from Bohr's first great contribution - a description of what is essentially the modern picture of the atom, in 1913, for which he won the Nobel Prize in 1922 - the book covers his creation of one of the most productive research institutes of the modern period. It also describes his less well known political work before and during World War II, when Bohr first helped colleagues escape from Italy and Germany, and then returned to Denmark to participate in the anti-Nazi movement; and at war's end, when he worked toward a vision of a world free from the dangers of nuclear war.
Ruth Moore is a science feature writer for the Chicago Sunday Times. She is the author of several popular science books, including Man, Time, and Fossils: The Story of Evolution and Charles Darwin: A Great Life in Brief.
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An itriguing, accessible biography and a story of war, peace and science, Jun 29 2008
By Em Dashing - Published on Amazon.com
Neils Bohr was among the greatest of the 20th century physicists, equal even to the most celebrated figure of Einstein--who could, himself, never quite accept the uncertainty of modern theory. In Moore's biography of Bohr and of the times he lived in, a time of simultaneous discovery, she defines Bohr's place in a world that was dependent on him and his colleagues. Particle physics is explained in a way that can be understood by anyone with an interest, and her chapters on Copenhagen as the center for theoretical physics and sharing of ideas are only overshadowed by the significant parts of the book covering World War Two and its aftermath, and the heroic deeds of the Bohrs and many other like-minded scientists and humanitarians.
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Biography of Niels Bohr, July 10 2001
By Gavin M Douglas - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Niels Bohr: The Man, His Science, and the World They Changed (Paperback)
This biography recalls the entire life of Niels Bohr, one of the preeminent scientists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the author even likens his influence to Aristotle's. Though focusing primarily on his scientific life, the book traces his life from his promising beginnings in Denmark until his death in 1962. Also included is the author's assertion that Bohr was nearly able to halt the nuclear Arms race that spawned the Cold War. Other notables that are mentioned in conjunction with Bohr include: James Franck, Lord Rutherford, Werner Heisenberg, Enrico Fermi, Sir John Cockcroft, Ernest Lawrence, and Adlai Stevenson.
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