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Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the struggle for the soul of science

By David , Lindley

Book information

Publisher
Anchor Books;Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group; Anchor Books/Random House
Year
2008
ISBN
9780307389480, 0307389480, 9781299107083, 1299107087
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
304 kB (311205 bytes)
Edition
1st Anchor books ed
Pages
viii, 257\0
Time added
2020-11-29 04:20:45
Science;Physics;Nonfiction;History;Philosophy;Hist

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 ofone 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" wouldhave 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 ofscience and influenced everything from literary theory to television. "From the Trade Paperback edition."

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