About the Author

For nearly three decades Jeremy Bernstein wrote profiles of scientists for the New Yorker. Many were prize–winners, and his book Einstein was nominated for the National Book Award. Mr. Bernstein, a theoretical physicist best known for his nonscientific work, has also written The Merely Personal and Oppenheimer as well as Hitler's Uranium Club; Three Degrees Above Zero; and Cranks, Quarks, and the Cosmos. He lives in New York City and Aspen, Colorado.–

Reviews

This is an excellent, lucid book on a difficult subject...readable and interesting.
*The Spectator*

A useful reminder of the vicissitudes of global power.
*London Review Of Books*

A jewel in the crown...this is an absorbing and stimulating book.
*Booklist*

A riveting book, beautifully researched and narrated.
*Oliver Sacks*

Comprehensible, entertaining, and accurate...an impressive book!
*The Wall Street Journal*