For his book, Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg, David C. Cassidy was awarded the 1992 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award in Physics and Astronomy. An associate professor of the History of Science at Hofstra University, Long Island, New York, Cassidy served as associate editor of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein.
"A fascinating, well-documented biography." --The New York Times
Book Review"A monumental effort. On the controversies about
Heisenberg's behavior during the Hitler regime, Cassidy is clear
and reasonable." --The New York Review of Books"An important book.
Cassidy has sifted the record and brilliantly detailed Heisenberg's
actions." --The Los Angeles Times Book Review"An excellent work in
its comprehensiveness and accuracy, and in its success in
recreating the personal drama of one of the greatest and most
influential scientists of this century." --The London Times Higher
Education Supplement"David Cassidy has written the definitive
biography of a great and tragic physicist. Uncertainty is thorough,
judicious, and revealing." --Richard Rhodes, author of The Making
of the Atomic Bomb
A fascinating, well-documented biography. "The New York Times Book
Review" A monumental effort. On the controversies about
Heisenberg's behavior during the Hitler regime, Cassidy is clear
and reasonable. "The New York Review of Books" An important book.
Cassidy has sifted the record and brilliantly detailed Heisenberg's
actions. "The Los Angeles Times Book Review" An excellent work in
its comprehensiveness and accuracy, and in its success in
recreating the personal drama of one of the greatest and most
influential scientists of this century. "The London Times Higher
Education Supplement" David Cassidy has written the definitive
biography of a great and tragic physicist. "Uncertainty" is
thorough, judicious, and revealing. "Richard Rhodes, author of The
Making of the Atomic Bomb""
"A fascinating, well-documented biography."--"The New York Times
Book Review"
"A monumental effort. On the controversies about Heisenberg's
behavior during the Hitler regime, Cassidy is clear and
reasonable."--"The New York Review of Books"
"An important book. Cassidy has sifted the record and brilliantly
detailed Heisenberg's actions."--"The Los Angeles Times Book
Review"
"An excellent work in its comprehensiveness and accuracy, and in
its success in recreating the personal drama of one of the greatest
and most influential scientists of this century."--"The London
Times Higher Education Supplement"
"David Cassidy has written the definitive biography of a great and
tragic physicist. "Uncertainty" is thorough, judicious, and
revealing."--Richard Rhodes, author of "The Making of the Atomic
Bomb"
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