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Copenhagen (Methuen Drama Series)
Michael Frayn
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Description for Copenhagen (Methuen Drama Series)
Paperback. The story is of one of the most famous investigations ever conducted by science into the mysteries of the world - and its disastrous ending in the even stranger mysteries of the world within. Series: Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a strange trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr. They were old friends and close colleagues, and they had revolutionised atomic physics in the 1920s with their work together on quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle. But now the world had changed, and the two men were on opposite sides in a world war. The meeting was fraught with danger and embarrassment, and ended in disaster. Why the German physicist Heisenberg went to Copenhagen in 1942 and what he wanted to say to the Danish physicist Bohr are ... Read more
In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a strange trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr. They were old friends and close colleagues, and they had revolutionised atomic physics in the 1920s with their work together on quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle. But now the world had changed, and the two men were on opposite sides in a world war. The meeting was fraught with danger and embarrassment, and ended in disaster. Why the German physicist Heisenberg went to Copenhagen in 1942 and what he wanted to say to the Danish physicist Bohr are ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Methuen Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780413724908
SKU
V9780413724908
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn's award-winning plays include Alphabetical Order, Make and Break and Noises Off, all of which received Best Comedy of the Year awards, while Benefactors was named Best Play of the Year. Other recent works include Democracy, and Copenhagen, winner of numerous awards including the Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Best Play Awards 1998. In 2007 the Donmar Warehouse premiered ... Read more
Reviews for Copenhagen (Methuen Drama Series)
'Michael Frayn is one of the great playwrights of our time.' Play Collections- Contemporary Dramatist (December 2010)