John Bardeen was an unassuming man, a humble, soft-spoken Midwesterner whose life was filled with simple pastimes like a Sunday picnic with the family or a good game of golf. He was also a giant of modern physics, an extraordinary hero of twentieth century science. His seminal work earned him the distinction of being the only person ever to win two Nobel Prizes in physics -- bo...(展开全部)

How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?" the visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star looks and Olympian manner. "Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way my mathematical ideas did," came the answer. "So I took them seriously." Thus begins the true story of John Nash,...(展开全部)

How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?" the visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star looks and Olympian manner. "Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way my mathematical ideas did," came the answer. "So I took them seriously." Thus begins the true story of John Nash,...(展开全部)

From the author of the national bestseller Chaos comes an outstanding biography of one of the most dazzling and flamboyant scientists of the 20th century that "not only paints a highly attractive portrait of Feynman but also . . . makes for a stimulating adventure in the annals of science" (The New York Times). 16 pages of photos.

詹姆斯・格雷克(James Gleick)：美国最伟大的科普畅销书作家，1954年生于纽约，毕业于哈佛大学。毕业后先到明尼亚博利斯市（Minneapolis）创办《Metropolis》周报，于1977年返回纽约，在《纽约时报》担任编辑及采访记者十年，成为著名的科技专栏作家。格雷克目前已出版数部十分畅销的科普著作，其中《混沌》，《费曼传》以及《牛顿传》（以上三本书都已由高等教育出版社引进出版）等书多次获得美国国家非文学类图书奖提名，英国非文学类最佳畅销书等奖项，被译作近30种语言，行销全球。

From the author of the national bestseller Chaos comes an outstanding biography of one of the most dazzling and flamboyant scientists of the 20th century that "not only paints a highly attractive portrait of Feynman but also . . . makes for a stimulating adventure in the annals of science" (The New York Times). 16 pages of photos.

马克•亚伯拉罕斯（Marc Abrahams）： “搞笑诺贝尔奖”之父。他也是科学幽默杂志《不大可能的研究年报》（Annals of Improbable Research）的主编。 搞笑诺贝尔奖（IG Noble Prizes）： 为了奖励“伟大的困惑”，将Ignoble（不光彩的）和Noble Prizes（诺贝尔奖）组合而成的科学奖项，奖励那些“乍看之下很好笑，实则发人深省”的“不大可能”的科学研究。 由《不大可能的研究年报》主办，每年十月在哈佛大学桑德斯剧场举办。颁奖嘉宾为真正的诺贝尔奖得主，这个活动如今已经成为科学界的盛会。 搞笑诺贝尔奖网址：http://improbable.com/

WHAT: The Ig Nobel Prize honours individuals whose achievements in science cannot or should not be reproduced. 10 prizes are given to people who have done remarkably bizarre things in science over the previous year. WHY: The 'Igs' are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative and shine a spotlight onto the weird corners of laboratories around the world. PAST WIN...(展开全部)

豪尔吉陶伊是布达佩斯技术与经济大学的化学教授，还担任着匈牙利科学院在厄特沃什大学的研究教授。他是匈牙利科学院的院士、挪威科学与文学院的外籍院士以及欧洲学术院的院士。他在厄特沃什大学获得博士学位，在匈牙利科学院获得科学博士学位，还获得莫斯科大学的荣誉博士学位以及北卡罗莱纳大学的理学荣脊博士学位。他在结构化学领域和与对称性有关的课题方面论述广泛，发表了许多著作。他的书包括《公正的科学》系列作品，收集了他对许多著名科学家的访谈。2001年12月，豪尔吉陶伊教授应邀就本书的主题，在斯德哥尔摩的瑞典皇家科学院发表了演讲。

豪尔吉陶伊是布达佩斯技术与经济大学的化学教授，还担任着匈牙利科学院在厄特沃什大学的研究教授。他是匈牙利科学院的院士、挪威科学与文学院的外籍院士以及欧洲学术院的院士。他在厄特沃什大学获得博士学位，在匈牙利科学院获得科学博士学位，还获得莫斯科大学的荣誉博士学位以及北卡罗莱纳大学的理学荣脊博士学位。他在结构化学领域和与对称性有关的课题方面论述广泛，发表了许多著作。他的书包括《公正的科学》系列作品，收集了他对许多著名科学家的访谈。2001年12月，豪尔吉陶伊教授应邀就本书的主题，在斯德哥尔摩的瑞典皇家科学院发表了演讲。