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The Recollections Of Eugene P. Wigner: As Told To Andrew Szanton

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Recollections Of Eugene P. Wigner: As Told To Andrew Szanton

Contributors:

By (Author) Andrew Szanton

ISBN:

9780738208862

Publisher:

INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US

Imprint:

Perseus Books

Publication Date:

3rd July 2003

UK Publication Date:

3rd July 2003

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Physics

Dewey:

530.092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

360

Dimensions:

Width 140mm, Height 210mm

Description

"A wealth of observations on contemporary mathematicians and physicists, from David Hilbert to Richard Feynman."-- American Scientist . One of the greatest physicists of the 20th century recounts his journey from Hungary and the Nazi invasion to the creation of the first atomic bomb.

Author Bio

Eugene P. Wigner won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and elementary particles. He lived in Berlin in the early 1930s, and later came to America and worked on the Manhattan Project. He died in 1995.

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