174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
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In contrast to physicists, biologists already have the Theory of Everything. This is one of the underlying messages that physicist and author Frans W. Saris expresses in a collection of his essays, columns, diaries, and a play, published for the past twenty-five years in Dutch newspapers, journals and books. In the physics of Einstein, Bohr, Teller, Weinberg, B. Manfred Ullrich and the biology of... Read more
The temple of science, Diary of a physicist, Dear Zhong-lie, Alchemy, Worthwhile, Scientific nomads, Superheated Ice, Managing a discovery, Spy in the lab, B. Manfred Ullrich, Diary of a fusionist, Roger, Solar cells, Particle accelerators, The Silicon Age, The discoverer and the inventor, Jaap was right, Moore’s law in Bilthoven, Teller in the Netherlands, The scientific life, Shopping, Fundamental research on matter, A vacuum is not nothing, Father of the atom, Who influenced Bohr?, Hooray for the electron, Decadence, Physics and faith, Theories of everything, A mind’s eye, The mother of all knowledge, A matter of civilization, Why science?, Spinoza’s God, Science through the looking glass of literature, Sir Charles, Darwin meets Einstein
Biography
Frans W. Saris is emeritus professor of physics and Dean of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Leiden. www.FransWSaris.nl
