Jeremy Bernstein

The family moved from Rochester to New York City during World War II, when his father became head of all the Jewish chaplains in the armed forces.[1] Bernstein studied at Harvard University, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1951, his master's in 1953, and his Ph.D. in 1955, on electromagnetic properties of deuterium, under Julian Schwinger.[3] He has held adjunct or visiting positions at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, CERN, Oxford, the University of Islamabad, and the Ecole Polytechnique.[4] Bernstein was involved in Project Orion, investigating the potential for nuclear pulse propulsion for use in space travel.Bernstein's biographical profiles of physicists, including Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe, Albert Einstein, John Stewart Bell and others, are able to draw on the experiences of personal acquaintance.
Rochester, New YorkHarvard UniversityPhysicsmathematicsDoctoral advisorJulian Schwingertheoretical physicistReformJeremiahmasters thesisLithuaniaRochesterNew York CityWorld War IIchaplainsarmed forcesbachelor's degreemaster'sdeuteriumparticle physicscosmologyLos AlamosInstitute for Advanced StudyNew York UniversityStevens Institute of Technologyprofessor emeritusadjunctBrookhaven National LaboratoryOxfordUniversity of IslamabadEcole PolytechniqueProject Orionnuclear pulse propulsionspace travelThe New YorkerThe Atlantic MonthlyNew York Review of BooksScientific AmericanRobert OppenheimerHans BetheAlbert EinsteinJohn Stewart BellGerald FeinbergJohn Archibald WheelerMichele BessoFarm HallAmerican Institute of PhysicsPlutoniumTo Mars by A-Bomb: The Secret History of Project OrionGardiner, MartinBibcodeStenger, Victor J.Weinberg, StevenINSPIRE-HEPWeb of StoriesInternet Archive