false 73347 0 0 1223568 067003858X 9780670038589 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182016657m/1223568.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182016657s/1223568.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1223568.Faust_in_Copenhagen_A_Struggle_for_the_Soul_of_Physics 3.81 43 A fascinating look at the landmark 1932 gathering of the biggest names in physics

Known by physicists as the “miracle year,” 1932 saw the discovery of the neutron and the first artificially induced nuclear transmutation. However, while physicists celebrated these momentous discoveries—which presaged the era of big science and nuclear bombs—Europe was moving inexorably toward totalitarianism and war. In April of that year, about forty of the world's leading physicists—including Werner Heisenberg, Lise Meitner, and Paul Dirac—came to Niels Bohr's Copenhagen Institute for their annual informal meeting about the frontiers of physics.

Physicist Gino Segrè brings to life this historic gathering, which ended with a humorous skit based on Goethe's Faust—a skit that eerily foreshadowed events that would soon unfold. Little did the scientists know the Faustian bargains they would face in the near future. Capturing the interplay between the great scientists as well as the discoveries they discussed and debated, Segrè evokes the moment when physics—and the world—was about to lose its innocence.]]> 73347 3.88 69 18 2007 441966 014200278X 9780142002780 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174803777m/441966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174803777s/441966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/441966.A_Matter_of_Degrees_What_Temperature_Reveals_about_the_Past_and_Future_of_Our_Species_Planet_and_continued_Universe 4.07 15 --Rob Lightner]]> 73347 3.88 69 18 2002 127820 0140290877 9780140290875 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171943453m/127820.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171943453s/127820.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127820.Einstein_s_Refrigerator 4.40 5 73347 3.88 69 18 0 7300279 161559955X 9781615599554 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7300279-faust-in-copenhagen 3.00 1 73347 3.88 69 18 2007 7300280 1429536624 9781429536622 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7300280-faust-in-copenhagen 0.0 0 73347 3.88 69 18 2007