{"product_id":"the-genius-of-science-a-portrait-gallery","title":"The Genius of Science: A Portrait Gallery","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbraham Pais is the author of the definitive biographies of Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. Indeed  his biography of Einstein was the winner of the 1983 American Book Award and was selected by The New York Times Book Review as one of the Best Books of the Year. As a distinguished theoretical physicist who was a friend and colleague of Einstein and Bohr  Pais is able to blend a sophisticated understanding of physics with a first-hand knowledge of the private individual  offering us insights into both. It is this unique double perspective that makes his work so valuable. Now  in The Genius of Science  Pais offers us insightful portraits of twelve of our centurys most distinguished physicists  all of whom he has known personally. We meet  among others  the famously taciturn Paul Dirac; Max Born  who coined the term quantum mechanics; Wolfgang Pauli  famed for his exclusion principle and known as the conscience of twentieth-century physics; Mitchell Feigenbaum  inventor of chaos theory; and John von Neumann  one of the most influential mathematicians of the century. Other scientists profiled include Res Jost  Isidor Rabi  Viktor Weisskopf  and Eugene Wigner. In addition  because their work is so relevant to the others discussed  Pais has included chapters on Einstein and Bohr  in each case giving the essence of the mans character and scientific achievement. Throughout the volume  Pais illuminates the personalities and achievements of these stellar scientists. The result is virtually a whos who of 20th-century physics--a superb collection of portraits that sheds light on the physicists  their work  and their lasting influence on science.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946608062517,"sku":"ByrdShop_0198506147","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780198506140.jpg?v=1769957082","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-genius-of-science-a-portrait-gallery","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}