Einstein and the quantum : the quest of the valiant Swabian /

"Einstein and the Quantum reveals for the first time the full significance of Albert Einstein's contributions to quantum theory. Einstein famously rejected quantum mechanics, observing that God does not play dice. But, in fact, he thought more about the nature of atoms, molecules, and the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stone, A. Douglas, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955.
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955
Einstein, Albert > 1879-1955
Physicists > Biography.
Quantum theory.
Science > History.
Théorie quantique.
Sciences > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Physics.
SCIENCE > Quantum Theory.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > History.
SCIENCE > Energy.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Physicists
Quantum theory
Science
Quantentheorie
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A hundred times more than relativity theory
  • "An act of desperation"
  • The impudent Swabian
  • The gypsy life
  • Two pillars of wisdom
  • The perfect instruments of the creator
  • More heat than light
  • Difficult counting
  • Those fabulous molecules
  • Tripping the light heuristic
  • Entertaining the contradiction
  • Stalking the Planck
  • Calamity Jeans
  • Frozen vibrations
  • Planck's Nobel nightmare
  • Joining the union
  • Creative fusion
  • The importance of being Nernst
  • Lamenting the ruins
  • A cosmic interlude
  • Bohr's atomic sonata
  • Relying on chance
  • Chaotic ghosts
  • Fifteen million minutes of fame
  • The Indian comet
  • Quantum dice
  • The royal marriage : E=mc²=hv
  • The Viennese polymath
  • Confusion and then uncertainty
  • Nicht diese Töne
  • Appendix 1. The physicists
  • Appendix 2. The three thermal radiation laws.

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