Einstein and Heisenberg : the controversy over quantum physics /

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Author / Creator:Kleinknecht, K. (Konrad), 1940- author.
Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2019.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Springer biographies, 2365-0613
Springer biographies,
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11796993
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ISBN:9783030052645
3030052648
9783030052652
3030052656
9783030052638
303005263X
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 21, 2019).
Summary:This is a fascinating account of two great scientists of the 20th century: Einstein and Heisenberg, discoverers, respectively, of the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. It connects the history of modern physics to the life stories of these two extraordinary physicists. These discoveries laid the foundation of modern physics, without which our digitized world of computers, satellites, and innovative materials would not be possible. This book also describes in comprehensible terms the complicated science underlying the two discoveries. The twin biography highlights the parallels and differences of these two luminaries, showing how their work shaped the 20th century into the century of physics.
Other form:Print version: Kleinknecht, K. (Konrad), 1940- Einstein and Heisenberg. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2019 303005263X 9783030052638
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-030-05264-5
10.1007/978-3-030-05