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

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.