"Forever Forward (An Autobiography of Emilio Segre)"

Author: (American) Emilio Segrè, translated by He Lisheng and Wang Hongsheng
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Publishing Date: 2002-07-01
Features: This book is the autobiography of the great 20th-century nuclear physicist Emilio Segrè, one of the "Biographies of Scientific Masters" series. Segrè was born into a Jewish family in Italy and participated in the development of the world's atomic bomb. Due to his outstanding contributions to nuclear physics, he won the Nobel Prize. The book, written in real and passionate words, reflects his winding life: such as his warm childhood, studying in Rome, escaping to the United States, and more. It vividly recreates the complex and turbulent social conditions in Europe before and during World War II, as well as the difficult journey of scientific development from one perspective. The text is filled with hatred for the Nazis and nostalgia for his homeland and family, presenting a three-dimensional image of a talented, upright, and confident scientific master struggling between war and science. Additionally, the book dedicates considerable space to describing the differing political and professional views of Segrè and his contemporaneous great scientists. Their keen observations of people and society enrich the book with valuable insights, providing a new perspective on the past era. It also holds significant value in the history of science.