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pp. xv [2] 316.”It was home to Einstein in decline, the place where Kurt Göedel starved himself in paranoid delusion, and where J. Robert Oppenheimer rode out his political persecution in the Directors mansion. It is the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey; at one time or another, home to fourteen Nobel laureates, most of the great physicists and mathematicians of the modern era, and two of the most exciting developments in twentieth-century sciencecellular automata and superstrings.Who Got Einsteins Office? tells for the first time the story of this secretive institution and of its fascinating personalities.”
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| ISBN | 0201122782 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9780201122787 | |
| Number of pages | 316 | |
| Original Title | Who Got Einstein's Office?: Eccentricity and Genius at the Institute for Advanced Study | |
| Published Date | 1988 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | No Dj | |
| Binding | Paperback | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | New York | |
| Edition | First edition | |
| Category: | Science | |
| Author: | Edward Regis | |
| Publisher: | Basic Books Inc |
pp. xv [2] 316.”It was home to Einstein in decline, the place where Kurt Göedel starved himself in paranoid delusion, and where J. Robert Oppenheimer rode out his political persecution in the Directors mansion. It is the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey; at one time or another, home to fourteen Nobel laureates, most of the great physicists and mathematicians of the modern era, and two of the most exciting developments in twentieth-century sciencecellular automata and superstrings.Who Got Einsteins Office? tells for the first time the story of this secretive institution and of its fascinating personalities.”
| Weight | 1 kg |
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