| Description |
xvii, 565 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
A dane for all seasons -- 'In Denmark I was born...' -- Boyhood -- Toward the twentieth century: from ancient optics to relativity theory -- Natura facit saltum: the roots of quantum physics -- Student days -- In which Bohr goes to England for postdoctoral research -- Bohr, father of the atom -- How Bohr secured his permanent base of operations -- 'It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair' -- Bohr and Einstein -- 'A modern Viking who comes on a great errand' -- 'Then the whole picture changes completely': the discovery of quantum mechanics -- The spirit of Copenhagen -- Looking into the atomic nucleus -- Toward the edge of physics in the Bohr style, and a bit beyond -- How Bohr orchestrated experimental progress in the 1930s, in physics and in biology -- Of sad events and of major journeys -- 'We are suspended in language' -- Fission -- Bohr, pioneer of 'glasnost' -- In which Bohr moves full stream into his later years. |
| Subject |
Nuclear physics -- History.
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Nuclear physics. |
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History. |
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Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.
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Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962. |
| Indexed Term |
Nuclear physics |
| Subject |
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962. |
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Atoomfysica. |
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Kwantummechanica. |
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Kernfysica. |
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Natuurkundigen. |
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4.070. |
| ISBN |
0198520492 : $35.00 |
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