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portada The Last Voice: Roy J. Glauber and the Dawn of the Atomic Age
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
179
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23.4x15.6x1.1 cm
Weight
0.29 kg.
ISBN13
9783031299834

The Last Voice: Roy J. Glauber and the Dawn of the Atomic Age

José Ignacio Latorre Sentís (Author) · José Ignacio Latorre (Author) · María Teresa Soto-Sanfiel (Author) · Springer · Paperback

The Last Voice: Roy J. Glauber and the Dawn of the Atomic Age - José Ignacio Latorre; María Teresa Soto-Sanfiel; José Ignacio Latorre Sentís

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Synopsis "The Last Voice: Roy J. Glauber and the Dawn of the Atomic Age"

Most human beings don't manage to achieve fame. Roy J. Glauber did so for two different reasons. Glauber was not only a Nobel-Prize winning physicist, but also one of the last surviving scientists who worked in Los Alamos in the Theoretical Division of the Manhattan Project. He was a witness to all the events and knew all the scientists associated with the creation and launch of the first atomic bombs. This book is the product of a series of long interviews held with Roy over three years: in Benasque (Spain) in 2011, and later in Singapore and Cambridge (USA). Its pages give a first-hand account of a true protagonist, one who is independent, lucid, sagacious and committed to the truth. The authors have respectfully preserved his spirit: his voice is the one that matters. The authors asked the questions and they relay his answers. Their comments are confined to the footnotes and to brief explanatory paragraphs, added simply to provide certain relevant details.The importance of the events that Glauber describes here is indisputable, as therefore is the book itself. The events narrated in its pages will remain part of world history, perhaps for centuries or even millennia. We live today in the shadow of the decisions made at that time.
José Ignacio Latorre Sentís
  (Author)
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José Ignacio Latorre Sentís es un físico teórico, divulgador científico y académico español especializado en computación cuántica y teoría de la información. Doctor en Ciencias Físicas por la Universidad de Barcelona, desarrolló parte importante de su carrera en instituciones europeas dedicadas a la física fundamental y las tecnologías cuánticas. Ha sido profesor e investigador en la Universitat de Barcelona y director del Centre for Quantum Technologies de Singapur, consolidándose como una figura relevante en el debate sobre inteligencia artificial, automatización y el impacto social de las nuevas tecnologías. Su trabajo divulgativo destaca por acercar conceptos complejos al público general sin perder profundidad, algo especialmente valioso en un campo donde a veces parece que cada explicación viene escrita por un fotón con ansiedad existencial.

Entre sus libros más conocidos se encuentran Cuántica: Tu futuro en juego, Ética para máquinas y Un nuevo contrato social, obra en la que reflexiona sobre cómo la inteligencia artificial y la automatización transformarán el empleo, la educación y las estructuras políticas contemporáneas. Latorre combina física, filosofía y análisis social para plantear escenarios futuros que oscilan entre la fascinación tecnológica y la advertencia crítica. Además de su labor académica, participa frecuentemente en conferencias internacionales, medios de comunicación y proyectos de divulgación científica orientados a comprender el papel de la tecnología en la vida cotidiana.
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