The scientist as rebel, Freeman Dyson

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Label

The scientist as rebel, Freeman Dyson

Link

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Statement of responsibility

Freeman Dyson

Instantiates

• The scientist as rebel

Publication

• New York, New York Review Books, 2006

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-360)

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

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

Control code

ocm70265576

Dimensions

22 cm

Extent

xvi, 360 pages

Isbn

9781590172162

Lccn

2006022081

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Record ID

u76175

System control number

• (Sirsi) o70265576
• (OCoLC)70265576