Jayme Tiomno : a life for science, a life for Brazil / William Dean Brewer, Alfredo Tiomno Tolmasquim.
2020
QC16.T56
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Title
Jayme Tiomno : a life for science, a life for Brazil / William Dean Brewer, Alfredo Tiomno Tolmasquim.
Author
Brewer, William Dean.
ISBN
9783030410117 (electronic book)
3030410110 (electronic book)
3030410102
9783030410100
3030410110 (electronic book)
3030410102
9783030410100
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-41
10.1007/978-3-030-41011-7 doi
10.1007/978-3-030-41011-7 doi
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QC16.T56
Dewey Decimal Classification
530.092
Summary
Jayme Tiomno (1920-2011) was one of the most influential Brazilian physicists of the 20th century, interacting with many of the renowned physicists of his time, including John Wheeler and Richard Feynman, Eugene Wigner, Chen Ning Yang, David Bohm, Murray Gell-Mann, Remo Ruffini, Abdus Salam, and many others. This biography tells the sometimes romantic, often discouraging but finally optimistic story of a dedicated scientist and educator from a developing country who made important contributions to particle physics, gravitation, cosmology and field theory, and to the advancement of science and of scientific education, in many institutions in Brazil and elsewhere. Drawing on unpublished documents from archives in Brazil and the US as well as private sources, the book traces Tiomno's long life, following his role in the establishment of various research facilities and his tribulations during the Brazilian military dictatorship. It presents a story of progress and setbacks in advancing science in Brazil and beyond, and of the persistence and dedication of a talented physicist who spent his life in search of scientific truth.
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Tolmasquim, Alfredo Tiomno.
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Springer biographies.
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