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Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science

By David Lindley

Book information

Publisher
Anchor
Year
2008
ISBN
1400079969, 9781400079964
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
306 kB (313333 bytes)
Pages
272\0
Time added
2013-10-17 23:34:11

Description

Werner Heisenberg’s “uncertainty principle” challenged centuries of scientific understanding, placed him in direct opposition to Albert Einstein, and put Niels Bohr in the middle of one of the most heated debates in scientific history. Heisenberg’s theorem stated that there were physical limits to what we could know about sub-atomic particles; this “uncertainty” would have shocking implications. In a riveting account, David Lindley captures this critical episode and explains one of the most important scientific discoveries in history, which has since transcended the boundaries of science and influenced everything from literary theory to television.

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