{"product_id":"beyond-uncertainty-heisenberg-quantum-physics-and-the-bomb-9781934137284","title":"Beyond Uncertainty: Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and the Bomb","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David C. Cassidy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Scientists - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating, well-documented biography.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A monumental effort.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An excellent piece of science writing. . . . Cassidy does not so much exculpate Heisenberg as explain him, with a transparency that makes this biography a pleasure to read.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cassidy has written the definitive biography of a great and tragic physicist.\" --\u003cb\u003eRichard Rhodes\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the Atomic Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the fall of the Soviet Union, long-suppressed information has emerged on Werner Heisenberg's role in the Nazi atomic bomb project. In \u003ci\u003eBeyond Uncertainty\u003c\/i\u003e, Cassidy interprets this and other previously unknown material within the context of his vast research and tackles the vexing questions of a scientist's personal responsibility and guilt when serving an abhorrent military regime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid C. Cassidy\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Uncertainty: Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and the Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Physics in the American Century\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eJ. Robert Oppenheimer and the American Century\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eEinstein and Our World\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of the Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics from the American Physical Society, the Science Writing Award from the American Institute of Physics, the Pfizer Award from the History of Science Society, and an honorary doctorate from Purdue University. Dr. Cassidy is Professor of Natural Sciences at Hofstra University and resides in Bay Shore, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bellevue Literary Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969685504151,"sku":"9781934137284","price":1813.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781934137284.webp?v=1782923307","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/beyond-uncertainty-heisenberg-quantum-physics-and-the-bomb-9781934137284","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}