FROM EROS TO GAIA

by Freeman Dyson

• ISBN13: 9780679413073
• ISBN10: 0679413073
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2013-07-10
• Publisher: Random House Digital Inc.

Summary

Philosophy, social aspects

Table of Contents

Preface
Sir Phillip Roberts's Erolunar Collision (1933)	p. 3
On Being the Right Size: Reflections on the Ecology of Scientific Projects (1988)	p. 8
Six Cautionary Tales for Scientists (1988)	p. 11
Telescopes and Accelerators (1988)	p. 29
Sixty Years of Space Science, 1958-2018 (1988)	p. 47
The Importance of Being Unpredictable (1990)	p. 67
Strategic Bombing in World War 2 and Today: Has Anything Changed? (1990)	p. 71
Field Theory (1953)	p. 91
Innovation in Physics (1958)	p. 101
Tomonaga, Schwinger, and Feynman Awarded Nobel Prize for Physics (1965)	p. 113
Energy in the Universe (1971)	p. 117
Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere and the Biosphere (1990)	p. 130
The Future of Physics (1970)	p. 151
Unfashionable Pursuits (1981)	p. 160
Astronomy in a Private Sphere (1984)	p. 173
To Teach or Not to Teach (1990)	p. 187
Pugwash 1962 (1962)	p. 203
Death of a Project (1965)	p. 210
Human Consequences of the Exploration of Space (1968)	p. 220
The Hidden Costs of Saying No (1974)	p. 234
Pupin (1960)	p. 247
Oppenheimer (1980)	p. 253
Heims (1980)	p. 257
Manin and Forman (1982)	p. 262
Kennan (1982)	p. 269
Oppenheimer Again (1989)	p. 273
Morson and Tolstoy (1989)	p. 278
Letter from Armenia (1971)	p. 285
Brittle Silence (1981)	p. 296
Helen Dukas (1982)	p. 299
Paul Dirac (1986)	p. 303
Beacons (1988)	p. 309
Kennan Again (1988)	p. 320
Feynman in 1948 (1989)	p. 322
The Face of Gaia (1989)	p. 338
Bibliographical Notes	p. 347
Index	p. 363
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