Atom & Void – Essays on Science & the Community (Paper): Essays on Science and Community (Princeton Legacy Library) - Softcover

Oppenheimer, J R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691024340 ISBN 13: 9780691024349

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1992

Synopsis

J. Robert Oppenheimer was one of the outstanding physicists of his generation. He was also an immensely gifted writer and speaker, who thought deeply about the way that scientific discoveries have changed the way people live and think. Displaying his subtlety of thought and expression as do few other documents, this book of his lectures discusses the moral and cultural implications of developments in modern physics.

Originally published in 1989.

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Synopsis

The nuclear physicist discusses the moral and cultural implications of developments in modern physics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691024340
• ISBN 13: 9780691024349
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 169