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J. D. Bernal Andrew Brown

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Zusammenfassung

Desmond Bernal - or 'Sage', as he was known, was an extraordinary man by any account - a brilliant scientist, a fervent Marxist, and a colourful, bohemian figure. This biography includes previously unpublished material from his diaries, and sheds new light on his international influence during both WWII and the ensuing peace movement.

J. D. Bernal Zusammenfassung

J. D. Bernal: The Sage of Science Andrew Brown

J.D. Bernal, widely known as Sage since his undergraduate days at Cambridge, was a visionary scientist who was the first to see that the new subject of X-ray crystallography could be applied to the study of life. His pioneering work at Cambridge in the 1930s laid the foundation of molecular biology. He was one of the most influential and brilliant scientists of his time, inspiring many subsequent Nobel laureates. Bernal's restless energy and legendary intellect took him far beyond science. An astonishing polymath and a fervent Marxist, he was one of the central figures in a cosmopolitan intelligentsia in an age of extremes. The story of Bernal's life reflects the extraordinary political and intellectual climate in which he lived. He was witness to (and often involved in) some of the great events of the 20th century: the Easter Rebellion, schooldays in the Great War, the anti-fascist movement, the Second World War, pacifist causes and nuclear disarmament during the Cold War. He was a pioneer of Operational Research during WW2 and made the first objective analyses of the effects of bombing on cities. As this biography shows, he played a crucial role in planning the D-Day landings, arriving secretly on the Normandy beaches himself a day later. After the war, he became an international ambassador for Marxism, science, and peace, and was one of the few men familiar with Downing Street, the White House and the Kremlin. Brown's biography sets out a life richly and fully lived. Nearly every important British scientist of the mid-third of the 20th century appears in its pages, along with artists (Picasso, Hepworth), writers (Leonard and Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley, Pablo Neruda) and statesmen (Churchill, Khrushchev, Mao, and Nehru). This compelling account draws on unprecedented access to Bernal's papers and war reports to piece together a dazzling image of Bernal: his Irish Catholic childhood, his Cambridge years, his research, his dedication to science, his intellectual brilliance, his blind, unswerving commitment to Marxism, his unorthodox Bohemian love life. But above all, the Bernal who emerges from this often critical account is a man not only of remarkable mental powers but of great warmth, kindness, and humanity.

J. D. Bernal Bewertungen

Review from previous edition "To read this book is almost to relive the European intellectual life of the last century. Andrew Brown's account of Bernal's scientific work is written with extraordinary clarity... he takes us on a thrilling voyage." Sebastian Faulkes, The Spectator "...admirable book..." Graham Farmelo, Sunday Telegraph 'J.D. Bernal - "Sage", because he knew everything - was one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century. Andrew Brown tells the story of this brilliant, complex man with his interwoven scientific, and intense personal and political lives, in fascinating detail. It runs through the intellectual and political turmoil of the thirties, to the Normandy Beaches, the post-war reconstruction which promoted science as part of our culture, and the Cold War." Sir Aaron Klug 'Andrew Brown's biography matches well the life of the extraordinary Irishman whose genius inspired the birth of molecular biology.' James D. Watson

Über Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown is an English radiation oncologist practising in New Hampshire. His biography of Sir James Chadwick, discoverer of the neutron, The Neutron and the Bomb, was published by Oxford University Press in 1997. He has also published medical papers and articles on nuclear scientists and history.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; 1. A Long Way to Go ; 2. Cambridge Undergraduate ; 3. Bohemian Crystallographer ; 4. Science Fantasy ; 5. The New Kingdom ; 6. Soviet Pilgrims ; 7. The Shadow of the Hawk's Wings ; 8. The Entertainment of the Scientist ; 9. Scientist at War ; 10. Bombing Strategy ; 11. Combined Operations ; 12. Overlord ; 13. Lessons of War ; 14. Rebuilding ; 15. Central Dogma ; 16. Peace at Any Price? ; 17. The Physical Basis of Life ; 18. History and the Origins of Life ; 19. Marxist Envoy ; 20. Peacebroking ; 21. Order and Disorder ; 22. Years of Struggle ; Postscript ; Notes ; Index

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR003520638
9780199205653
0199205655
J. D. Bernal: The Sage of Science Andrew Brown
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Broschiert
Oxford University Press
2007-03-01
576
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