Silvan S Schweber: 3 books
In the Shadow of the Bomb
Oppenheimer, Bethe, and the Moral Responsibility of the Scientist
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
In the Shadow of the Bomb narrates how two charismatic, exceptionally talented physicists--J. Robert Oppenheimer and Hans A. Bethe--came to terms with the nuclear weapons they helped to create. In 1945, the United States dropped the bomb, and physicists were forced to contemplate disquieting questions...
Nuclear Forces
The Making of the Physicist Hans Bethe
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
What drove Nobel-winning physicist Hans Bethe, head of Theoretical Physics at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, to later renounce the weaponry he had worked so tirelessly to create? That is one of the questions answered by Nuclear Forces, a riveting biography of Bethe’s early life and development as both a scientist and a man of principle.
by Silvan S. Schweber
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
In a relatively simple presentation that remains close to familiar concepts, this text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students introduces modern developments of quantum field theory. "Combines thorough knowledge with a high degree of didactic ability and a delightful style." — Mathematical Reviews. 1961 edition.