Niels Bohr's Times,: In Physics, Philosophy, and Polity

The acclaimed biographer of Albert Einstein now turns to Niels Bohr in this illumination of the life and thought of another giant of 20th-century...more

The acclaimed biographer of Albert Einstein now turns to Niels Bohr in this illumination of the life and thought of another giant of 20th-century physics. A marvelous biography that captures the essence of the man who was the first to understand how atoms were put together, it also reveals the personal side of Bohr, the avid reader and puzzle solver. 10 line drawings. 33 plates.   less