This personal, anecdotal, and often humorous autobiography reads like a history of 20th-century physics, but with the added warmth of a very good novel. Peierls's personal contact with most of the giants of modern physics, including Bethe, Weisskopf, Bohr, Fermi, and Sommerfeld, provides a unique glimpse of events that have shaped much of our modern world. A distinguished physicist himself, Peierls spent most of his career in leading centers of physics in Europe, England, and America, including work with Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the first atomic bomb. Strongly recommended for most libraries. E. Robert Paul, History of Science Prog., Dickinson Coll., Carlisle, Pa.
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