1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001093939707536

Autore

Homer, Steven

Titolo

Logic and computer science : lectures given at the 1st session of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held at Montecatini Terme, Italy, June 20-28, 1988 / ed S. Homer, A. Nerode, R. A. Platek, G. E. Sacks, A. Scedrov ; ed. P. Odiffreddi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 1990

ISBN

3540527346

Descrizione fisica

162 p. ; 24 cm.

Collana

Lecture notes in mathematics, 0075-8434 ; 1429

Classificazione

AMS 03B20

AMS 03B40

AMS 03B70

AMS 03D15

Altri autori (Persone)

Nerode, Anil

Platek, Richard A.

Sacks, Gerald E.

Scedrov, Andre

Odifreddi, Piergiorgio

Disciplina

511.3

Soggetti

Computer science - Congresses

Logic - Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991000987229707536

Autore

Faddeev, Ludwig D.

Titolo

Hamiltonian methods in the theory of solitons / L. D. Faddeev, L.A. Takhtajan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 1987

ISBN

3540155791

Descrizione fisica

ix, 592 p. ; 23 cm.

Collana

Springer series in soviet mathematics

Classificazione

53.1.32

510.35

530.1'4

QC174.26.W28F3313

Altri autori (Persone)

Takhtajan, L.A.

Soggetti

Hamiltonian systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographies.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910807716403321

Autore

Sullivan Neil J. <1948->

Titolo

The Prometheus bomb : the Manhattan Project and government in the dark / / Neil J. Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : Potomac Books, aAn imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-61234-892-0

1-61234-890-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations

Classificazione

HIS027100HIS036060

Disciplina

355.8/25119097309044

Soggetti

Atomic bomb - United States - History

Atomic bomb - Government policy - United States - History

Science and state - United States

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"During World War II, the lives of millions of Americans lay precariously in the hands of a few brilliant scientists who raced to develop the first weapon of mass destruction. Elected officials gave the scientists free rein in the Manhattan Project without understanding the complexities and dangers involved in splitting the atom. The Manhattan Project was the first example of a new type of choice for congressmen, presidents, and other government officials: life and death on a national scale. From that moment, our government began fashioning public policy for issues of scientific development, discoveries, and inventions that could secure or threaten our existence and our future. But those same men and women had no training in such fields, did not understand the ramifications of the research, and relied on incomplete information to form potentially life-changing decisions. Through the story of the Manhattan Project, Neil J. Sullivan asks by what criteria the people in charge at the time made such critical decisions. He also ponders how similar judgments are reached today with similar incomprehension



from those at the top as our society dives down the potential rabbit hole of bioengineering, nanotechnology, and scientific developments yet to come"--