This book introduces the life and work of one of the most creative physicists of the 20th century. Niels Bohr, the pioneer of quantum theory, ranking with Einstein in importance for the development of modern physics, also had deep interests in philosophy, literature, and humanism. John Heilbron explores how these influenced his groundbreaking work.
This book introduces the life and work of one of the most creative physicists of the 20th century. Niels Bohr, the pioneer of quantum theory, ranking with Einstein in importance for the development of modern physics, also had deep interests in philosophy, literature, and humanism. John Heilbron explores how these influenced his groundbreaking work.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
J.L. Heilbron is Professor of History and Vice Chancellor, Emeritus, at the University of California, Berkeley. After retiring in 1994, Heilbron taught sporadically at Caltech and Yale, and lived mostly around Oxford, where he has been Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College and the Oxford Museum for the History of Science. His many books, which deal with the history of science from the late Renaissance to the 20th century, include Galileo (OUP, 2012), Love, Literature, and the Quantum Atom: Niels Bohr's 1913 trilogy revisited (OUP, 2013), with Finn Aaserud, and The History of Physics VSI (OUP, 2018). He also served as general editor of the Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science (OUP 2003).
Inhaltsangabe
* Prologue * 1: A richly furnished mind: Viking Jew; Christian philosopher; physicist * 2: Productive ambiguity: Revelations of hydrogen; unfinished business * 3: Magic wand: instant progress; the Institute, the Bohrfest, and the Nobel Prize; exclusion and energy * 4: Enthusiastic resignation: quantum talk; the challenger; complementarity * 5: The Institute: mopping up; new directions; outreach * 6: Elder statesman: Uncle Nick; historia magistra vitae * Appendices * General reading * Index
* Prologue * 1: A richly furnished mind: Viking Jew; Christian philosopher; physicist * 2: Productive ambiguity: Revelations of hydrogen; unfinished business * 3: Magic wand: instant progress; the Institute, the Bohrfest, and the Nobel Prize; exclusion and energy * 4: Enthusiastic resignation: quantum talk; the challenger; complementarity * 5: The Institute: mopping up; new directions; outreach * 6: Elder statesman: Uncle Nick; historia magistra vitae * Appendices * General reading * Index
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