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Scientific american maintains a strict policy of editorial independence in reporting. The scientific american library book series by multiple authors includes books powers of ten. Bernard despagnat is a theoretical physicist, philosopher and. The child buyer by john hersey, clarence darrow for the defense by irving stone, indo. Scientific american library book series thriftbooks. A physics student has founded an international organization for mentoring women in maledominated fields. He realized from early on the crucial importance of bells work, and has for decades labored tirelessly to get its message across both to the physics community, as in his beautiful book conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics and his 1979 scientific american article, and to the general public in a series of other books.
In cold blood by truman capote, bury my heart at wounded knee. Biology for a changing world by shuster, michele, vigna, janet, tontonoz, matthew, sinha, gu w. In a widely read 1979 article in scientific american, the quantum theory and reality, dr. This book is a monument to despagnats excellent work and style. Whitaker 2002, and from papers by bernard despagnat, michael horne. With exceptional scientific, historical, and philosophical insights, despagnat. He wrote 20 books, countless papers and articles, and is best known for. Wignerdespagnat inequality is partially named after him quote. French physicist bernard d espagnat won the 2009 templeton. I was not convinced i must say, and in the early sixties i wrote and published a book and some. The quantum theory and reality scientific american. An indian history of the american west by dee brown.
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