Disturbing the Universe (Inscribed Copy)

Dyson, Freeman

ISBN 10: 0060111089 / ISBN 13: 9780060111083

Published by Harper and Row, 1979

About this Item

Inscribed copy of the autobiography of visionary mathematician and physicist Freeman Dyson. Inscribed by Freeman Dyson to a previous owner on the front endpaper. 283 pages. Third Printing. Has tanning of the page edges and several browned spots on the fore edge of the signature page.

Seller Inventory # 016316

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Disturbing the Universe (Inscribed Copy)
• Publisher: Harper and Row
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060111089
• ISBN 13: 9780060111083
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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.