{"product_id":"9789814602884","title":"Birds and Frogs: Selected Papers of Freeman Dyson, 1990-2014","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a sequel to the volume of selected papers of Dyson up to 1990 that was published by the American Mathematical Society in 1996. The present edition comprises a collection of the most interesting writings of Freeman Dyson, all personally selected by the author, from the period 1990–2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe five sections start off with an Introduction, followed by Talks about Science, Memoirs, Politics and History, and some Technical Papers. The most noteworthy is a lecture entitled \u003ci\u003eBirds and Frogs\u003c\/i\u003e to the American Mathematical Society that describes two kinds of mathematicians with examples from real life. Other invaluable contributions include an important tribute to C. N. Yang written for his retirement banquet at Stony Brook University, as well as a historical account of the Operational Research at RAF Bomber Command in World War II provocatively titled \u003ci\u003eA Failure of Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e. The final section carries the open-ended question of whether any conceivable experiment could detect single gravitons to provide direct evidence of the quantization of gravity — \u003ci\u003eIs a Graviton Detectable?\u003c\/i\u003e Various possible graviton-detectors are examined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis invaluable compilation contains unpublished lectures, and surveys many topics in science, mathematics, history and politics, in which Freeman Dyson has been so active and well respected around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction and Commentary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTalks about Science\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics and History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechnical Papers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Students of physics and mathematics and all members of the general public interested in science.\u003cbr\u003eDyson;Papers;Lectures;Von Neumann;Yang;Oklo;Graviton;Prisoner's Dilemma\u003cb\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eContains portraits of remarkable people that the author has known, descriptions of ethical dilemmas that he has encountered, and speculations concerning the future of life and the future of human society\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185301602544,"sku":"9789814602884","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814602884_p0.jpg?v=1763691279","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814602884","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}