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The Joy of Insight
Victor Weisskopf · 1991 · 336 pages
Chronicles the life of the man who came of age as a physicist in prewar Europe, was at the forefront of particle physics research, and became one of the early advocates of nuclear responsibility
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Oliver Sacks
“I like all of Weisskopf’s books, but this autobiography above all—in particular the chapter called ‘Mozart and Quantum Mechanics,’ in which he compares the beauties and joys of music with those of mathematics and science.”↗