A Mind Always in Motion: The Autobiography of Emilio Segre
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (842 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520076273 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 332 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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The renowned physicist Emilio Segrè (1905-1989) left his memoirs to be published posthumously because, he said, "I tell the truth the way it was and not the way many of my colleagues wish it had been." This compelling autobiography offers a personal account of his fascinating life as well as candid portraits of some of this century's most important scientists, such as Enrico Fermi, E. Lawrence then hired him to work on the cyclotron at Berkeley with Luis Alvarez, Edwin McMillan, and Glenn Seaborg.Segrè was one of the first to join Oppenheimer at Los Alamos, where he became a group leader on the Manhatta
Harvey M. Solomon said a man called Basilisk. It is clear from his autobiography that Emilo Segre was a complex and often difficult individual to work with or to satisfy. He was also highly intelligent and educated in the European fashion of his time. I found his book extremely interesting and well written. He skillfully integrates scientific and political activities with a highly critical appraisal of the personal characteristics of many of the the important pyhsicists of the mid "a man called Basilisk" according to Harvey M. Solomon. It is clear from his autobiography that Emilo Segre was a complex and often difficult individual to work with or to satisfy. He was also highly intelligent and educated in the European fashion of his time. I found his book extremely interesting and well written. He skillfully integrates scientific and political activities with a highly critical appraisal of the personal characteristics of many of the the important pyhsicists of the mid 20th century. It is not difficult to under. 0th century. It is not difficult to under. "Four Stars" according to Joseph Lach. Very interesting biography of an important Nobel prize winning scientist.
From Publishers Weekly This memoir by a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project covers that dramatic episode, and others, in the history of modern physics, but the book remains more the story of the man than of an era. As an inveterate letter writer and diarist, Segre could have provided a window on interpersonal controversies among the fathers of fission, but he tactfully declines to report on his relationships with colleagues, never mind settling scores (although he makes an exception for Edward Teller). His career paralleled those of Glen Seaborg, Ernest Lawrence and Luis Alvarez; Enrico Fermi was his friend and mentor. For general readers with an interest in the history of nuclear physics, Segre, who died in 1989, is among the most personable witnesses. Born to a bourgeois I