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Such are the credentials Perutz brings to this wonderful collection of essays; credentials which he uses always to illuminate, never to dominate. In prose that rolls by like countryside seen from the window of a train, Perutz takes the reader travelling through his own life and that of many other leading scientists, giving fresh insights into the workings of first-rate minds.
We meet such characters as Leo Szilard, the inventor of the atomic bomb who devoted his life to preventing its use, and the German chemist Fritz Haber, the very mirror-image of Szilard who became a real-life Faust. We also learn much about Perutz's own approach to science--including his involvement in a project to harness icebergs in the fight against the Nazis.
With its combination of choice of subject and light, often humorous style, this is one of the best collections of scientific essays to emerge for years. --Robert Matthews
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