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Copenhagen - Michael Frayn
Copenhagen
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The Tony Award—winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art, Copenhagen is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb.In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a clandestine trip to Copenhagen to... show more
The Tony Award—winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art, Copenhagen is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb.In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a clandestine trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart and friend Niels Bohr. Their work together on quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle had revolutionized atomic physics. But now the world had changed and the two men were on opposite sides in a world war. Why Heisenberg went to Copenhagen and what he wanted to say to Bohr are questions that have vexed historians ever since. In Michael Frayn’s ambitious, fiercely intelligent, and daring new play Heisenberg and Bohr meet once again to discuss the intricacies of physics and to ponder the metaphysical—the very essence of human motivation.
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9780307433060 (0307433064)
Publisher: Anchor
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it
4.0 Theatre and Physics: "Copenhagen" by Michael Frayn
Published August 8th 2000. Why do I go to the theatre? The question bears the same gravitas as the one regarding books. Much like books, the theatre allows me to experience something different. Not like books or movies though, the theatre often feels more real since I share the same space as the a...
Edward
Edward rated it
4.0 Copenhagen
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Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
3.5 Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
bookshelves: published-1998, radio-3, sciences, play-dramatisation, fradio, historical-fiction, winter-20122013 Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura Read on January 15, 2013 blurb: Benedict Cumberbatch, Greta Scacchi and Simon Russell Beale star in Michael Frayn's award-winning play about the cont...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it
5.0
I picked up this audio play because it has Alfred Molina. It is very entertaining, heartbreaking, and sometimes funny play about the question of morality. You do not have to be a scientist or a mathematician to enjoy the play. The performances are well done.
Tagebuch einer Horrortorte
Tagebuch einer Horrortorte rated it
4.0 Copenhagen
Gelesen als begleitender Text zum BBC-Hörspiel. Ohne wär ich bei all dem Science-Talk verratzt und verloren... *huh*
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