The scientist as rebel / Freeman Dyson.

Author
Dyson, Freeman J. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : New York Review Books, 2006.
Description
xvi, 360 p. ; 22 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-360).
    Contents
    • Contemporary issues in science
    • The scientist as rebel
    • Can science be ethical?
    • A modern heretic
    • The future needs us
    • What a world!
    • Witness to a tragedy
    • War and peace
    • Bombs and potatoes
    • Generals
    • Russians
    • Pacifists
    • The race is over
    • The force of reason
    • The bitter end
    • History of science and scientists
    • Two kinds of history
    • Edward Teller's Memoirs
    • In praise of amateurs
    • A new Newton
    • Clockwork science
    • The world on a string
    • Oppenheimer as scientist, administrator, and poet
    • Seeing the unseen
    • The tragic tale of a genius
    • Wise man
    • Personal and philosophical essays
    • The world, the flesh, and the devil
    • Is God in the lab?
    • This side idolatry
    • One in a million
    • Many worlds
    • Religion from the outside.
    ISBN
    • 1590172167 (alk. paper)
    • 9781590172162 (alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2006022081
    OCLC
    70265576
    RCP
    N - S
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