Disturbing the Universe

Dyson, Freeman J. - RARE SIGNED FIRST EDITION HARDBACK

ISBN 10: 0060111089 / ISBN 13: 9780060111083

Published by Harper & Row New York, 1979

About this Item

RARE signed first printing of the American first edition hardback. Simply stunning account that is so much more than an autobiography. SIGNED without dedication on the title page. The protected jacket is unclipped and it has handling damage but nothing seriously harmful. No names or annotations. A very scarce book in a signed first hardback.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1646499588496

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Disturbing the Universe
• Publisher: Harper & Row New York
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060111089
• ISBN 13: 9780060111083
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author

About this title

Synopsis

Spanning the years from World War II, when he was a civilian statistician in the operations research section of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command, through his studies with Hans Bethe at Cornell University, his early friendship with Richard Feynman, and his postgraduate work with J. Robert Oppenheimer, Freeman Dyson has composed an autobiography unlike any other. Dyson evocatively conveys the thrill of a deep engagement with the world-be it as scientist, citizen, student, or parent. Detailing a unique career not limited to his groundbreaking work in physics, Dyson discusses his interest in minimizing loss of life in war, in disarmament, and even in thought experiments on the expansion of our frontiers into the galaxies.

About the Author

Freeman Dyson is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is the author of seven books and the recipient of numerous awards including a National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2000 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.