Einstein and Heisenberg : the controversy over quantum physics /

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,
Subject:
Einstein, Albert, -- 1879-1955.
Heisenberg, Werner, -- 1901-1976.
Einstein, Albert, -- 1879-1955.
Heisenberg, Werner, -- 1901-1976.
Physicists -- Germany -- Biography.
Physics -- History -- 20th century.
Physicists.
Physics.
Germany.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
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
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Preface; Contents; About the Author; 1: Einstein's Youth; The Cemetery at Buchau; The Family in Ulm and Munich; Student at the Luitpold-Gymnasium, Munich; Einstein in Aarau and Zürich; Expert at the Bern Patent Office; 2: Heisenberg's Youth; Heisenberg's Background; Schooldays in Würzburg and Munich; The Youth Movement; Studies with Sommerfeld; Heisenberg in Göttingen and Copenhagen; 3: The Wonder Years; The Calm Before the Storm of Ideas; Einstein's Annus Mirabilis; The Photoelectric Effect; The Doctoral Dissertation and the Brownian Motion of Molecules; The New View of Space and Time
  • Einstein's Special Theory of RelativityMass and Energy; Reactions to the Revolutionary Papers; Professor in Zürich, Prague, and Again in Zürich; The General Theory of Relativity and Berlin; Consequences of the General Theory of Relativity; Heisenberg's Breakthrough to Quantum Mechanics; Conservation of Energy and the Compton Effect; Burst of Creativity on Helgoland; Conclusion in Göttingen; Discussion with Einstein; The Completion of the New Quantum Theory; The Schrödinger Equation; Schrödinger in Copenhagen; Born's Probabilistic Interpretation; The Uncertainty Principle; Einstein's Reaction
  • 4: Impact of the DiscoveriesThe Fifth Solvay Conference, 1927; Impact of the General Theory of Relativity; Evolution of the Universe and the Big Bang; Dark Matter; Black Holes and Supernovae; Gravitational Waves; Heisenberg in Leipzig; "German Physics"; Einstein as Teacher; Impact of Quantum Mechanics; Philosophical Consequences; Applications of Quantum Mechanics; Magnetism; Semiconductors, Integrated Circuits, and Computers; Quantum Computer, Quantum Cryptography; The Laser; Superconductors; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; 5: Expulsion and the War Years; Einstein and Germany
  • Einstein's Pacifism, the Bomb, and the Franck ReportHeisenberg, the War Years, and the Uranium Club; The Uranium Reactor; 6: Social Affinities; Einstein's Women; Heisenberg's Family; Einstein's Religion; Heisenberg's Religious Philosophy; More on the Role of Music; Einstein's Later Years: World Sage in Princeton and His "Unified Field Theory"; Heisenberg: Government Advisor in Göttingen and Munich, Reconstruction, the Theory of Everything; The Final Meeting, 1954; Glossary; Bibliography; Literature on Einstein; Literature on Heisenberg; Author Index; Subject Index; Picture Credits

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