Physics in my generation.

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Author / Creator:Born, Max, 1882-1970
Edition:[2d rev. ed.]
Imprint:New York, Springer-Verlag [1969]
Description:vii, 172 p. illus. 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Heidelberg science library
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1080744
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Notes:Includes bibliographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Einstein's theory of relativity (1921)
  • Physical aspects of quantum mechanics
  • On the meaning of physical theories
  • Cause, purpose, and economy in natural laws
  • Einstein's statistical theories
  • Physics in the last fifty years
  • Is classical mechanics in fact deterministic?--Astronomical recollections
  • Statistical interpretation of quantum mechanics
  • Physics and relativity
  • Development and essence of the atomic age
  • A New Year's message
  • Symbol and reality
  • What is left to hope for?--In memory of Einstein
  • From the postscript to the Restless Universe (1951)