Mark Wolverton

Splinters of Infinity

Cosmic Rays and the Clash of Two Nobel Prize-Winning Scientists Over the Secrets of Creation

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Produktbeschreibung

"Splinters of Infinity is set in a paradigm-shattering era of physics and science, as a series of rapid-fire discoveries and new ideas completely upend humanity's conception of the universe. Among these revolutions, America's two foremost physicists, Robert Millikan and Arthur Compton, find themselves locked in an intense, often deeply personal, conflict about cosmic rays, one of the era's most fascinating and puzzling discoveries: cosmic rays seemed to promise a path into the deepest heart of science, a chance to answer questions that might just explain everything -- or reveal the mind of God"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9780262048828
• ISBN-10: 0262048825
• Artikelnr.: 68748695

Autorenporträt

Mark Wolverton is the author of Nuclear Weapons (MIT Press); Burning the Sky: Operation Argus and the Untold Story of the Cold War Nuclear Tests in Outer Space; A Life in Twilight: The Final Years of J. Robert Oppenheimer; The Depths of Space: The Story of the Pioneer Planetary Probes; and The Science of Superman.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
PRELUDE: SHAKING HANDS WITH MUSSOLINI 1
1 “A VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSION” 5
2 THE PENETRATING RADIATION 15
3A ONENESS ABOUT THE WHOLE OF NATURE 27
4 THE DIN OF BATTLE 39
5 CHALLENGERS 53
6 MOUNTAINEERS, FLIERS, AND SAVANTS 65
7 TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS 79
8 GLOBETROTTING 93
9 SKYSCRAPING 107
10 THROWING THE GAUNTLET 115
11 THE GATHERING FORCES 129
12 HIGH NOON IN ATLANTIC CITY 141
13 HOORAY FOR THE COSMIC RAYS 153
14 FALLING AND RISING 167
15 RISING AND FALLING 181
16 CREATION AND ANNIHILATION 193
17 QUARRELS IN THE FAMILY 203
18 A SORT OF PEACE 221
POSTLUDE: THE UNITY OF ALL CREATION 231
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 235
NOTES 237
BIBLIOGRAPHY 259
INDEX 263