Jeremy Bernstein

Jeremy Bernstein is Professor of Physics Emeritus at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey and was a staff writer at The New Yorker. He has lectured often on the theory of elementary particle physics and cosmology and is the author of numerous books, including The Tenth Dimension: An Informal History of High Energy Physics (McGraw-Hill) and most recently A Bouquet of Dyson (World Scientific).

"In this delightful set of word portraits, Jeremy Bernstein reveals how the likes of Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, John Bell and other scientists have wrestled with the mysteries of quantum physics. John Wheeler's remark, 'The quantum is the crack in the armor that covers the secret of existence,' is but one in a wonderful collection of insights." - Frank Close OBE, FInstP, University of Oxford

"In this essential new edition, my favorite essays are about Viki Weisskopf and Phillip Frank. Bernstein wonderfully focuses on why these two physicists are so important, and he offers interesting stories about their personal qualities." - Paul Halpern, University of the Sciences

"Bernstein provides unique insights into the personalities of scientists he has known. His descriptions of Einstein and Bohr's differences over what the late John Bell called the 'rotten' state of quantum mechanics, and of Bell's own contributions, are masterly." - Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith FRS, University of Oxford and Director General of CERN (1994-1998)