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Description edit
For most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable science. And yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Niels Bohr: Add a description of this character.
- Albert Einstein
- Werner Heisenberg
- Schrödinger
- Max Planck
- Wolfgang Pauli
- Arnold Sommerfeld
- Wien
- Bohm
- De Broglie
- Bell
- Paul Dirac
- Lorentz
- Mileva
- Neumann
- Geiger
- Goudsmit
- Balmer
- Dane
- Max Born
- Paul Ehrenfest
- Maxwell
- Clauser
- Kirchhoff
- Marsden
- Maurice
- Harald
- Lummer
- Oppenheimer
- Haller
- Elsa
- Kronig
- Langevin
- Hitler
- Helmholtz
- Paul Langevin
- Clausius
- Darwin
- Rosen
- Erwin
- Uhlenbeck
- Davisson
- Rosenfeld
- Rubens
- Moseley
- Hendrik Kramers
Setting & Locations edit
- Rutherford
- Copenhagen
- Germany
- Berlin University
- Munich
- Zurich
- Manchester
- Göttingen
- Princeton
- Europe
- Cambridge
- Brussels
- America
- Jordan
- Switzerland
- Vienna
- England
- Bern
- Paris
- France
- Denmark
- United States
- Leiden
- Italy
- New York
- Boltzmann
- Belgium
- Montreal
- Helgoland
- Leipzig
- Britain
- Norway
- Nernst
- Breslau
- Brazil
- London
- California
First Sentence edit
Paul Ehrenfest was in tears.
Table of Contents edit
Part I: The Quantum
Part II: Boy Physics
Part III: Titans Clash Over Reality
Part IV: Does God Play Dice?
Authors & Contributors edit
- Manjit Kumar (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: May 24, 2010
ISBN: 0393078299
Page Count: 448
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: May 24, 2010
ISBN: 0393078299
Page Count: 448
Awards edit
- Samuel Johnson Prize (Finalist, 2009, Shortlist)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 530
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