"A new, exciting approach to the literature about this momentous era."-The Wall Street Journal There may never be another era of science like the first half of the twentieth century, when a peerless cast of physicists-Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Max Planck, Wolfgang Pauli, and others-came together to uncover the quantum world, a concept so outrageous and contrary to traditional physics that its own founders rebelled against it until the equations held up and fundamentally changed our understanding of reality. In page-turning chapters, Tobias Hürter takes us back to this momentous time in…mehr
"A new, exciting approach to the literature about this momentous era."-The Wall Street Journal There may never be another era of science like the first half of the twentieth century, when a peerless cast of physicists-Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Max Planck, Wolfgang Pauli, and others-came together to uncover the quantum world, a concept so outrageous and contrary to traditional physics that its own founders rebelled against it until the equations held up and fundamentally changed our understanding of reality. In page-turning chapters, Tobias Hürter takes us back to this momentous time in science history, when the creation of quantum theory demanded the combined efforts of friends and rivals, lovers and loners, straight-edged intellectuals and freethinking dreamers-and when, with the Nazis in pursuit of an atomic bomb, the stakes couldn't be higher. In this stirring, grand narrative, brought to life by letters, notes, research papers, diaries, and memoirs, we witness the birth of an idea that revolutionized both physics and our world at large and unleashed the profound and terrifying power of the atom-and that ultimately stands as a testament to the boundless potential of genius in collaboration.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tobias Hürter studied mathematics and philosophy in Munich and Berkeley. He has written about science and philosophy for magazines and newspapers since 2000, including as an editor at MIT Technology Review and as cofounder of the philosophy magazine Hohe Luft. Now a permanent freelance editor at Die Zeit Magazin Wissen, he lives in Munich.
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Contents:
Prologue
Paris, 1903: Cracks begin to appear Berlin, 1900: An act of desperation Bern, 1905: The patent serf Paris, 1906: The decline and fall of Pierre Curie Berlin, 1908: The end of the flying cigars Prague, 1911: Einstein says it with flowers Cambridge, 1911: A Dane grows up The North Atlantic, 1912: The sinking of infallibility Munich, 1913: A painter moves to Munich Munich, 1914: On tour with the atom Berlin, 1915: Good at theory, bad at relationships Germany, 1916: War and peace Berlin, 1917: Einstein breaks down Berlin, 1918: Pandemic The Caribbean, 1919: The moon obscures the sun Munich, 1919: A young man reads Plato Berlin, 1920: Great minds meet Göttingen, 1922: A son finds his father Munich, 1923: A high-flier almost crashes Copenhagen, 1923: Bohr and Einstein take the tram Copenhagen, 1924: One last try Paris, 1924: A prince makes atoms sing Heligoland, 1925: The vastness of the sea and the tininess of atoms Cambridge, 1925: The quiet genius Leiden, 1925: The prophet of spin Arosa, 1925: A late erotic outburst Copenhagen, 1926: Waves and particles Berlin, 1926: A visit with the demigods Berlin, 1926: The Plancks throw a party Göttingen, 1926: The abolition of reality Munich, 1926: A turf war Copenhagen, 1926: Exquisitely carved marble statues falling out of the sky Copenhagen, 1926: A game with sharpened knives Copenhagen, 1927: The world goes fuzzy Como, 1927: Dress rehearsal Brussels, 1927: The great debate Berlin, 1930: Germany flourishes, Einstein falls ill Brussels, 1930: K.O. in the second round Zurich, 1931: Pauli’s dreams Copenhagen, 1932: Faust in Copenhagen Berlin, 1933: Some flee, some stay Amsterdam, 1933: A sad end Oxford, 1935: The cat that isn’t there Princeton, 1935: Einstein puts the world back in focus Garmisch, 1935: Dirty snow Moscow, 1937: On the other side Berlin, 1938: Bursting nuclei The Atlantic, 1939: Terrible news Copenhagen, 1941: Estrangement Berlin, 1942: No bomb for Hitler Stockholm, 1943: Flight Princeton, 1943: Einstein mellows England, 1945: The impact of the explosion
Paris, 1903: Cracks begin to appear Berlin, 1900: An act of desperation Bern, 1905: The patent serf Paris, 1906: The decline and fall of Pierre Curie Berlin, 1908: The end of the flying cigars Prague, 1911: Einstein says it with flowers Cambridge, 1911: A Dane grows up The North Atlantic, 1912: The sinking of infallibility Munich, 1913: A painter moves to Munich Munich, 1914: On tour with the atom Berlin, 1915: Good at theory, bad at relationships Germany, 1916: War and peace Berlin, 1917: Einstein breaks down Berlin, 1918: Pandemic The Caribbean, 1919: The moon obscures the sun Munich, 1919: A young man reads Plato Berlin, 1920: Great minds meet Göttingen, 1922: A son finds his father Munich, 1923: A high-flier almost crashes Copenhagen, 1923: Bohr and Einstein take the tram Copenhagen, 1924: One last try Paris, 1924: A prince makes atoms sing Heligoland, 1925: The vastness of the sea and the tininess of atoms Cambridge, 1925: The quiet genius Leiden, 1925: The prophet of spin Arosa, 1925: A late erotic outburst Copenhagen, 1926: Waves and particles Berlin, 1926: A visit with the demigods Berlin, 1926: The Plancks throw a party Göttingen, 1926: The abolition of reality Munich, 1926: A turf war Copenhagen, 1926: Exquisitely carved marble statues falling out of the sky Copenhagen, 1926: A game with sharpened knives Copenhagen, 1927: The world goes fuzzy Como, 1927: Dress rehearsal Brussels, 1927: The great debate Berlin, 1930: Germany flourishes, Einstein falls ill Brussels, 1930: K.O. in the second round Zurich, 1931: Pauli’s dreams Copenhagen, 1932: Faust in Copenhagen Berlin, 1933: Some flee, some stay Amsterdam, 1933: A sad end Oxford, 1935: The cat that isn’t there Princeton, 1935: Einstein puts the world back in focus Garmisch, 1935: Dirty snow Moscow, 1937: On the other side Berlin, 1938: Bursting nuclei The Atlantic, 1939: Terrible news Copenhagen, 1941: Estrangement Berlin, 1942: No bomb for Hitler Stockholm, 1943: Flight Princeton, 1943: Einstein mellows England, 1945: The impact of the explosion
Epilogue
Index
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