Birds and Frogs: Selected Papers, 1990-2014, Dyson Freeman J.

Автор: Dyson Freeman J
Название: Birds and Frogs: Selected Papers of Freeman Dyson, 1990-2014
ISBN: 9814602868 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789814602860
Издательство: World Scientific Publishing
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Описание: This Book Is A Sequel To The Volume Of Selected Papers Of Dyson Up To 199 That Was Published By The American Mathematical Society In 1996 - Selected Papers Of Freeman Dyson With Commentary. The Present Edition Comprises A Collection Of The Most Interesting Writings Of Freeman Dyson, All Personally Selected By The Author, From The Period 199-214.The Five Sections Start Off With An Introduction, Then Include Talks About Science, Memoirs, Politics And History, And Some Technical Papers. The Most Substantial Is A Lecture To The American Mathematical Society - Birds And Frogs - Describing Two Kinds Of Mathematicians, With Examples From Real Life. Other Gems To Be Found Are An Important Tribute To C. N. Yang Written For His Retirement Banquet At Stony Brook University, And A Failure Of Intelligence, A Historical Account Of The Operational Research At Raf Bomber Command In World War Ii. The Final Section Carries Is A Graviton Detectable? - Discussing The Question Whether Any Conceivable Experiment Could Detect Single Gravitons, To Provide Direct Evidence Of The Quantization Of Gravity. The Question Is Still Open. Various Possible Graviton-Detectors Are Examined.This Invaluable Compilation Contains Some Unpublished Lectures, Surveys Many Topics In Science, Mathematics, History And Politics, In Which Freeman Dyson Has Been So Active And Well Respected Around The World.