Beyond uncertainty : Heisenberg, quantum physics, and the bomb / David C. Cassidy.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Bellevue literary press, 2009.
Descrizione fisica:
480 p. : ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Foreword. 1. The early years 2. The world at war 3. The gymnasium years 4. The battle of Munich 5. Finding his path 6. Sommerfeld's Institute 7. Confronting the quantum 8. Modeling atoms 9. Channeling rivers, challenging causality 10. Entering the matrix 11. Awash in matrices, rescued by waves 12. Determining uncertainty 13. Reaching the top 14. New frontiers 15. Into the abyss 16. Social atoms 17. Of particles and politics 18. Heir apparent 19. The lonely years 20. A Faustian bargain 21. One who could not leave 22. The war and its uses 23. Visiting Copenhagen 24. Ordering reality 25. Professor in Berlin 26. Return to the matrix 27. One last attempt 28. Explaining the project, farm hall 29. Explaining the project, the world 30. The later years. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index
ISBN:
9781934137130
Discipline:
Meccanica quantistica e Meccanica statistica--Persone.
