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The quantum ten : a story of passion, tragedy, ambition and science /
The seeds of the problem of unifying the classical and quantum worlds were sewn 80 years ago when a dramatic revolution in physics reached a climax at the 1927 Solvay conference in Brussels. The story of the rush to formalize quantum physics is that of the work of just a handful of men fired by ambi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The regression of science
- The quantum showdown
- The birth of the quantum
- A place to belong
- Building a foundation
- The cost of compromise
- Taking a new path
- Only what the eye can see
- The emergence of the boys' club
- The Göttingen gospel
- A meeting of minds
- Shock waves
- Drawing the battle lines
- Dark night of the scientific soul
- Solvay prelude
- Coming undone
- Picking up the pieces
- Quantum confusion.