Annal:1983 National Book Award for Science
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Results of the National Book Award in the year 1983. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- <–1982
- National Book Award
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Phillip J. Davis, Reuben Hersh
- 1983 NBA–Science winner
- Score: 10.33
This is the classic introduction for the educated lay reader to the richly diverse world of mathematics: its history, philosophy, principles, and personalities.
Subtle Is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein
- 1983 NBA–Science winner
- Score: 10.33
Since the death of Albert Einstein in 1955 there have been many books and articles written about the man and a number of attempts to “explain” relativity. In this new major work Abraham Pais, himself an eminent physicist who worked alongside Einstein in the post-war years, traces the development of Einstein’s entire oeuvre. This is the first book which deal comprehensively and in depth with Einstein’s science, both the successes and the failures. Running through the book is a completely non-scientific biography (identified in the table of contents by italic type)…
