A Physicist on Madison Avenue
Language: English
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1991
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147pp., xiv. '1' in number line. Index, pp. 143-147. Red cloth with brilliant gilt lettering on spine; black endpapers. Glossy black dustwrapper with front cover illustration of Manhattan skyline in foreground across bottom; title lettering in large red letters, outlined in white, and superimposed over golden moon and night sky above skyline on top half front cover, below author name lettering in red across top front cover. Flawless copy. UNREAD. Gift quality. (NO previous owner names. NO remainder marks.).
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- Title
- A Physicist on Madison Avenue
- Author
- Rothman, Tony
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0691087318
- ISBN 13
- 9780691087313
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Whether discussing theories of cosmology, the physics of making a violin, or the impact of magazine covers on potential buyers, physicist and writer Tony Rothman brings the worlds of the scientist and nonscientist closer together, with amusing and enlightening results. These essays, which bear the mark of Rothman's outspoken humor and dislike for pretense, convey essential ideas to general readers on such topics as the future of the universe, the design of particle accelerators, the intelligent use of statistics, and the making of quality musical instruments. At the same time they provide insight into how the mind of a scientist works, not only in research but also in the "real" world of three-piece suits and mass media. The outlook of physicists, according to the author, often puts them at odds with nonscientists--but Rothman never hides his points of disagreement. In his title essay on being a major magazine editor, he recalls using bell curves and elementary statistics in an attempt to convince the circulation department that fluctuations in sales are unavoidable (despite what they thought). Although Rothman claims that scientists do enjoy playing the role of Faust, the scholar in eternal pursuit of Truth, his essays attest to a scientific interest fully in tune with human concerns.
Originally published in 1991.
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This slender volume by Harvard physicist and essayist Rothman ( Science a la Mode , Princeton Univ. Pr., 1989) covers ground that is becoming increasingly familiar to lay readers: the vastness and age of the universe, time, space, and so on. Rothman is an engaging and clear writer, unafraid of injecting his own opinions on hot topics in the physics of the universe. An essay on the physics of musical instruments is fascinating and particularly well done; the title piece, about Rothman's short stint at Scientific American , is one of the funniest pieces in decades about the arcana of magazine marketing. Good popular science of the Provocative Thought School.
- Mark L. Shelton, Athens, Ohio
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