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The dilemmas of an upright man : Max Planck and the fortunes of German science /
"In this portrait, John Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German Science. With great understanding, he shows how Max Planck suffered morally and intellectually as his life-long habit of service to his country and to physics was confronted by the realit...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2000.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "In this portrait, John Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German Science. With great understanding, he shows how Max Planck suffered morally and intellectually as his life-long habit of service to his country and to physics was confronted by the realities of World War I and the brutalities of the Third Reich. In an afterword written for this edition, he weighs the recurring questions among historians and scientists about the costs to others, and to Planck himself, of the painful choices he faced in attempting to build an "ark" to carry science and scientists through the storms of Naziism."--Jacket |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1986. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-241) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674238060 0674238060 9780674238046 0674238044 |