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Short history of physics in the American century
In this concise overview, David Cassidy sharpens our perspective on modern physics by viewing this foundational science through the lens of America's engagement with the political events of a tumultuous century.
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A Short History of Physics in the American Century
As the twentieth century ended, computers, the Internet, and nanotechnology were central to modern American life. Yet the physical advances underlying these applications are poorly understood and underappreciated by U.S. citizens. In this overview, Cassidy views physics through America’s engagement with the political events of a tumultuous century.
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Beyond Uncertainty
\"Exhaustively detailed yet eminently readable, this is an important book.\"Publishers Weekly, starred review
\"Cassidy does not so much exculpate Heisenberg as explain him, with a transparency that makes this biography a pleasure to read.\"Los Angeles Times
\"Well crafted and readable . . . [Cassidy] provides a nuanced and compelling account of Heisenberg's life.\"The Harvard Book Review
In 1992, David C. Cassidy's groundbreaking biography of Werner Heisenberg,Uncertainty, was published to resounding acclaim from scholars and critics. Michael Frayn, in thePlaybillof the Broadway production ofCopenhagen, referred to it as one of his main sources and \"the standard work in English.\" Richard Rhodes (The Making of the Atom Bomb) called it \"the definitive biography of a great and tragic physicist,\" and theLos Angeles Timespraised it as \"an important book. Cassidy has sifted the record and brilliantly detailed Heisenberg's actions.\" No book that has appeared since has rivaledUncertainty, now out of print, for its depth and rich detail of the life, times, and science of this brilliant and controversial figure of twentieth-century physics.
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, long-suppressed information has emerged on Heisenberg's role in the Nazi atomic bomb project. InBeyond Uncertainty, Cassidy interprets this and other previously unknown material within the context of his vast research and tackles the vexing questions of a scientist's personal responsibility and guilt when serving an abhorrent military regime.
David C. Cassidyis the author ofJ. Robert Oppenheimer and the American Century,Einstein and Our World, andUncertainty.
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