David Lindley (physicist)
Encyclopedia
David Lindley is a theoretical physicist and author. He has worked at Cambridge University
and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and been an editor at Nature
, Science
, and Science News
.
Lindley is known for writing entertaining scientific texts that show not only great knowledge of physics, but also a wit and understanding of what the "layman" can grasp.
Lindley holds a PhD
from the University of Sussex
.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and been an editor at Nature
Nature (journal)
Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...
, Science
Science (journal)
Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world's top scientific journals....
, and Science News
Science News
Science News is an American bi-weekly magazine devoted to short articles about new scientific and technical developments, typically gleaned from recent scientific and technical journals. Science News has been published since 1922 by Society for Science & the Public, a non-profit organization...
.
Lindley is known for writing entertaining scientific texts that show not only great knowledge of physics, but also a wit and understanding of what the "layman" can grasp.
Lindley holds a PhD
PHD
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from the University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
.
Selected books
- Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science, Doubleday (2007), ISBN 0-385-51506-5
- Degrees Kelvin: A Tale of Genius, Invention, and Tragedy, Joseph Henry Press (2005), ISBN 0-309-09073-3
- Boltzmann's Atom: The Great Debate That Launched A Revolution In Physics, Free Press (2001), ISBN 0-684-85186-5
- Where Does the Weirdness Go: Why Quantum Mechanics is Strange, But not as Strange as You Think, Basic Books (1996), ISBN 0-465-06785-9
- The End of Physics: The Myth of a Unified Theory, Basic Books (1993), ISBN 0-465-01548-4