The Spaceship Orion and Other Scientific Explorations

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A curation of essays penned by Jeremy Bernstein, this book is a treasure trove of personal stories ranging from Bernstein's expedition to Mount Everest, cherished encounters with the fathers of Quantum Mechanics (Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac and Erwin Schrodinger), to a jovial collaboration with Freeman Dyson on the Orion spaceship project. This essay collection is a door into several pieces of scientific explorations as well as the celebrated life of Jeremy Bernstein, a physicist, professor and phenomenal writer. Readers will enjoy this book as both an autobiography and a popular science reading. Sample Chapter(s) Preface Chapter 1: Reflections on Project Orion Contents: Reflections on the Project Orion The Whisperer Genia and Rudi The Mercator Projection A Trick of Memory — 239 Central Park West Lise Meitner: The Discovery of Nuclear Fission The Merely Good Wien Wien nur du Allein The Kinder Transport W H Auden et al. Entanglement Feynman Leonhard Euler and the Atomic Bomb Murder in the Academy A Life Proust A Travesty Fact and Fiction Max The Life it Brought Readership: Scientists, science historians, philosophers, and laypersons interested in science and its stories.