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A bouquet of numbers and other scientific offerings / Jeremy Bernstein, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA

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Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929-
Published
Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
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Contents
Chapter 1 A Bouquet of Numbers for Olivia; Chapter 2 Was Einstein Smart?; Chapter 3 A Love Story; Chapter 4 Deuteronomy; Chapter 5 An Unsolved Mystery; Appendix11:; Endnotes; Chapter 6 Einstein and His Teacher; Chapter 7 Einstein versus Einstein; Endnotes; Chapter 8 Wien's Law; Endnotes; Chapter 9 A Quantum of Education; Chapter 10 Sommerfeld's Footnote; Chapter 11 Quantum Mechanics; Chapter 12 A Song for Molly; Chapter 13 An Encore Song for Molly; Chapter 14 A Schrödinger Equation; Chapter 15 The Life of a Cell; Chapter 16 Who Was Hall?; Chapter 17 An Entropic Story.
Summary
"This book is an essay collection, along with short stories, which attempts to explain some scientific ideas. Jeremy Bernstein was a long time staff writer for The New Yorker Magazine as well as a theoretical physicist. He has received several awards for his writing"--
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9789814759786 (electronic bk.)
9814759783 (electronic bk.)
9789814759762
9814759767
9789814759779
9814759775
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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