NMC Library
Image from Google Jackets

Beyond uncertainty : Heisenberg, quantum physics, and the bomb / David C. Cassidy.

By: Publication details: New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2009.Description: 480 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781934137130 (alk. paper)
  • 1934137138 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Beyond uncertainty.DDC classification:
  • 530.092 22
LOC classification:
  • QC16.H35 C37 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
The early years -- The world at war -- The gymnasium years -- The battle of Munich -- Finding his path -- Sommerfeld's Institute -- Confronting the quantum -- Modeling atoms -- Channeling rivers, questioning causality -- Entering the quantum matrix -- Awash in matrices, rescued by waves -- Determining uncertainty -- Reaching the top -- New frontiers -- Into the abyss -- Social atoms -- Of particles and politics -- Heir apparent -- The lonely years -- A Faustian bargain -- One who could not leave -- Warfare and its uses -- A Copenhagen visit -- Ordering reality -- Professor in Berlin -- Return to the matrix -- One last attempt -- Explaining the project: Farm Hall -- Explaining the project: the world -- The later years.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QC16 .H35 C37 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001082378

Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-456) and index.

The early years -- The world at war -- The gymnasium years -- The battle of Munich -- Finding his path -- Sommerfeld's Institute -- Confronting the quantum -- Modeling atoms -- Channeling rivers, questioning causality -- Entering the quantum matrix -- Awash in matrices, rescued by waves -- Determining uncertainty -- Reaching the top -- New frontiers -- Into the abyss -- Social atoms -- Of particles and politics -- Heir apparent -- The lonely years -- A Faustian bargain -- One who could not leave -- Warfare and its uses -- A Copenhagen visit -- Ordering reality -- Professor in Berlin -- Return to the matrix -- One last attempt -- Explaining the project: Farm Hall -- Explaining the project: the world -- The later years.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha