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Synopsis
From his contributions to the development of the hydrogen bomb to his stance on national missile defense, Edward Teller stands as one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and controversial figures. In Conversations on the Dark Secrets of Physics, Teller returns to the fundamentals of physics to share with readers his unbridled enthusiasm for the world of physical reality -- from the nature of molecules to quantum mechanics and superconductors, from the elementary laws of thermodynamics to how planets, asteroids, and comets develop their orbits. By simplifying the math and forgoing the often-confusing technical jargon, Teller helps the reader break through physic's bewildering formulas and equations and get to the wonders of our physical universe. A timeless and personal explanation of the importance of physics in our life, Conversations on the Dark Secrets of Physics is certain to become a classic.
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Edward Teller is one of the most celebrated and controversial physicists alive today. Through his work at Los Alamos and his development of the hydrogen bomb, he helped usher in the atomic age. He is currently Director Emeritus of Lawrence Livermore National labouratory and continues as a Senior Research Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.Wendy Teller is a computer scientist, specializing in software for telecommunications.Wilson Talley is currently a professor in the Department of Applied Sciences, University of California Davis/ Livermore, and is president of the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation.
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An appreciation of the basic ideas and discoveries of physics, communicated with enthusiastic narrative and undaunting mathematics by the famed physicist, who is assisted by his daughter, Wendy Teller, a computer scientist, and Wilson Talley, a professor of applied science and consultant to industry and government. Annotation copyright Book News, I
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