| Description |
viii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index. |
| Contents |
A radical fact resisted -- The opposite of an intriguer -- Not German at all -- I never fully understood it -- Independence and inner freedom -- A mercy of fate -- Picturesque phrases -- Scientific dada -- Such a devil of a fellow -- Intuition and inspiration -- Bold, not to say reckless -- A completely new lesson -- Slaves to time and space -- Where all weaker imaginations wither -- A triumph of Einstein over Bohr -- A radical theory created -- Something deeply hidden -- Completely solved -- Exciting and exacting times -- Intellectual drunkenness -- The observant executrix -- It might look crazy -- Taking nothing solemnly -- How much more gratifying -- A radical understanding defied -- Sorcerer's multiplication -- Adding two nonsenses -- Admiration and suspicion -- An unrelenting fanatic -- The secret of the old one -- Indeterminacy -- A very pleasant talk -- The dream of his life -- The saddest chapter -- A reality independent of man -- A certain unreasonableness. |
| Subject |
Quantum theory -- History -- 20th century.
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Quantum theory. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Physics -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Physics. |
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Europe. |
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. |
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Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.
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Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962. |
| ISBN |
0309089980 hardback |
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