An edition of True genius (2017)

True genius

the life and work of Richard Garwin, the most influential scientist you've never heard of

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An edition of True genius (2017)

True genius

the life and work of Richard Garwin, the most influential scientist you've never heard of

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"The first biography of Richard Garwin, a physicist whose work has had wide-ranging impacts on modern life from well-known technical innovations to progress in nuclear disarmament"--

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Publisher
Prometheus Books
Language
English
Pages
308

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Table of Contents

The tinkerers
Fermi
The super
Garwin's design
Garwin, Lederman, and the Marx Brothers
IBM & LampLight
Advising presidents-or not
JASONS
Vietnam and McNamara's Wall
Super sonic transport
Offense
The great gap
Treaty
Star wars
Gravity
Health, pandemics
Far out
Rumpled
Decline of influence.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-299) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
530.092, B
Library of Congress
QC16.G38 S58 2017, QC16.G38S58 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
308

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27228268M
Internet Archive
truegeniuslifewo0000shur
ISBN 10
1633882233
ISBN 13
9781633882232
LCCN
2016032730
OCLC/WorldCat
950635562

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