Book contents
- Steven Weinberg: A Life in Physics
- Steven Weinberg: A Life in Physics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface: The Twentieth Century
- Publisher’s Note
- 1 First Things
- 2 Turning to Science
- 3 Cornell
- 4 Copenhagen
- 5 Princeton
- 6 Manhattan
- 7 San Francisco and Berkeley
- 8 East to London
- 9 Berkeley
- 10 Cambridge: 1966–69
- 11 Cambridge: 1969–72
- 12 Cambridge: 1972–79
- 13 Gone to Texas
- 14 Super Collider Days
- 15 Austin: The 1980s
- 16 The Dark Energy
- 17 Austin: The 1990s
- Image Credits
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - First Things
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Book contents
- Steven Weinberg: A Life in Physics
- Steven Weinberg: A Life in Physics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface: The Twentieth Century
- Publisher’s Note
- 1 First Things
- 2 Turning to Science
- 3 Cornell
- 4 Copenhagen
- 5 Princeton
- 6 Manhattan
- 7 San Francisco and Berkeley
- 8 East to London
- 9 Berkeley
- 10 Cambridge: 1966–69
- 11 Cambridge: 1969–72
- 12 Cambridge: 1972–79
- 13 Gone to Texas
- 14 Super Collider Days
- 15 Austin: The 1980s
- 16 The Dark Energy
- 17 Austin: The 1990s
- Image Credits
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The author describes his parents’ upbringing and move to New York around the time of the Great Depression. The young Weinberg is encouraged to read widely and later takes inspiration from Norse myths from the Poetic Edda.
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- Steven Weinberg: A Life in Physics , pp. 1 - 2Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024