Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality

Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality

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Publisher Description

“A lucid account of quantum theory (and why you should care) combined with a gripping narrative.”—San Francisco Chronicle


Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you weren’t shocked by quantum theory, you didn’t really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly written account of this fundamental scientific revolution, focusing on the central conflict between Einstein and Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science. This revelatory book takes a close look at the golden age of physics, the brilliant young minds at its core—and how an idea ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century.

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2010
May 24
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
464
Pages
PUBLISHER
W. W. Norton & Company
SELLER
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
SIZE
3
MB

Customer Reviews

Balto1027 ,

Quantum

The book is a very readible account of the development of modern physics and the personalities that drove that process. It explains the various competing theories in an understandable and interesting manner.

Jacobs603 ,

Fascinating

When I first stumbled upon Quantum and its reviews I was stunned. How can a book about topic as complex and highly technical as quantum be 'fascinating'? Well, now I know.

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