Reviews
Praise for Faust in Copenhagen : "A fascinating story, insightfully told and consistently engaging . . . Segrè speaks to the reader with enthusiasm, at times unable to conceal his excitement about the fascinating story he's sharing, yet his telling is deftly and dramatically structured, providing necessary historical and scientific context, clearly and concisely."- San Francisco Chronicle " Cracking good narrative history."- TIME, "By placing stunning scientific advances into historical context, this engaging biography of Nobel Prize-winning Italian physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) captures the life and times of one of the 20th century's most creative and hard-working scientists...fans of pop science and history will thoroughly enjoy this entertaining and accessible biography of a scientist who deserves to be better understood." -- Publishers Weekly, starred and boxed review "[An] illuminating biography of the immigrant genius who earned a prime place among the elite scientists who watched the planet's first mushroom cloud rise above New Mexico sands...By exploring Fermi's friendships, his marriage and family life, and his postwar concerns about morality in an atomic age, the authors also give readers glimpses into something of Fermi's personal, nonscientific attributes. A balanced portrait, rich in revealing anecdotes." -- Booklist , starred review "The authors use this biography of Fermi's life--beginning with his university days, when he immersed himself in the new field of quantum physics, and culminating in his own groundbreaking accomplishments--to engagingly chronicle the major developments in nuclear physics that were the focus of his life's work. . . . A vivid retelling of events that still shape our lives today." -- Kirkus Reviews "Superbly written. This will set the gold standard for books on Enrico Fermi."-- MICHIO KAKU, theoretical physicist and author of Physics of the Future and The Future of the Mind "A delightful and compelling history of Enrico Fermi--a hero to anyone who knows about physics...With its detailed scholarship combined with insightful analysis, this book was clearly a labor of love for Segr and Hoerlin, whose personal and scientific connections to Fermi make them the ideal biographers of this great man."-- LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS, author of The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing "In The Pope of Physics, the first in-depth biography of Enrico Fermi, Segr and Hoerlin bring the man and his work to life with exhaustive research and authoritative prose."-- SYLVIA NASAR, author of A Beautiful Mind "This beautifully written biography of Enrico Fermi brings us the whole man--the circumstances that molded him, his genius, his central contributions to the coming of the atomic age, and his very human qualities."-- JEROME FRIEDMAN, Nobel Prize-winner and former graduate student of Enrico Fermi "Segr and Hoerlin have artfully incorporated a personal backdrop shedding light on the behaviors that drove the decisions and motivations of Enrico Fermi, a 20th century one-of-a-kind genius--a compelling story."-- NIGEL LOCKYER, experimental particle physicist and director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory "In the hands of Segr and Hoerlin, enriched with fresh material from his inner circle, Fermi's life becomes a brilliant--and true--historical novel."-- FRANK WILCZEK, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and author of A Beautiful Question, "By placing stunning scientific advances into historical context, this engaging biography of Nobel Prize-winning Italian physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) captures the life and times of one of the 20th century's most creative and hard-working scientists...fans of pop science and history will thoroughly enjoy this entertaining and accessible biography of a scientist who deserves to be better understood." - Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed review) "The authors use this biography of Fermi's life--beginning with his university days, when he immersed himself in the new field of quantum physics, and culminating in his own groundbreaking accomplishments--to engagingly chronicle the major developments in nuclear physics that were the focus of his life's work. . . . A vivid retelling of events that still shape our lives today." -Kirkus Reviews "Superbly written. This will set the gold standard for books on Enrico Fermi."-- MICHIO KAKU, theoretical physicist and author of Physics of the Future and The Future of the Mind "A delightful and compelling history of Enrico Fermi - a hero to anyone who knows about physics...With its detailed scholarship combined with insightful analysis, this book was clearly a labor of love for Segrè and Hoerlin, whose personal and scientific connections to Fermi make them the ideal biographers of this great man."-- LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS, author of The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing "In The Pope of Physics, the first in-depth biography of Enrico Fermi, Segrè and Hoerlin bring the man and his work to life with exhaustive research and authoritative prose."-- SYLVIA NASAR, author of A Beautiful Mind "This beautifully written biography of Enrico Fermi brings us the whole man--the circumstances that molded him, his genius, his central contributions to the coming of the atomic age, and his very human qualities."-- JEROME FRIEDMAN, Nobel Prize-winner and former graduate student of Enrico Fermi "Segrè and Hoerlin have artfully incorporated a personal backdrop shedding light on the behaviors that drove the decisions and motivations of Enrico Fermi, a 20th century one-of-a-kind genius - a compelling story."-- NIGEL LOCKYER, experimental particle physicist and director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory "In the hands of Segrè and Hoerlin, enriched with fresh material from his inner circle, Fermi's life becomes a brilliant - and true - historical novel."-- FRANK WILCZEK, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and author of A Beautiful Question
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