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1 online resource (356 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Amsterdam Academic Archive
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Amsterdam academic archive.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-348) and index. |
| Contents |
Contents; Preface to the Series; Author's Preface; Introduction; 1. Family Background and Schooldays; 2. Development of Physics; 3. Early Years at Leiden; 4. Copenhagen; 5. Berlin, Zürich, and back to Leiden; 6. Low Temperatures; 7. War Times; 8. Holst and the Philips research Laboratory; 9. Industry and Science After the Second World War; 10. The Science-Technology Spiral; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Bibliographical Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
Casimir, himself a famous physician, studied and worked with three great physicists of the twentieth century: Niels Bohr, Wolfgang Pauli and Paul Ehrenfest. In his autobiography, the brilliant theoretician lets the reader witness the revolution that led to quantum physics, whose influence on modern society turned out to be many times larger than the first atomic physicists could have imagined. Through his involvement in the technical-scientific and the business aspects of physics, through management positions at Philips Research Laboratory and as a member of the Board of Directors of Philips. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Casimir, H. B. G. (Hendrik Brugt Gerhard), 1909-2000.
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Casimir, H. B. G. (Hendrik Brugt Gerhard), 1909-2000. |
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Casimir, H. B. G., 1909-2000 (Casimir, Hendrik Brugt Gerhard) |
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Physicists -- Netherlands -- Biography.
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Physicists. |
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Netherlands. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Physics -- History.
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Physics. |
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History. |
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Technology -- History.
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Technology. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Saris, Frans W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Casimir. Haphazard reality. Half a century of science. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press 2010 9789089642004 (OCoLC)505749893 |
| ISBN |
9789048511976 (electronic book) |
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9048511976 (electronic book) |
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9089642005 |
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9789089642004 |
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