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David Lindley

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

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The gripping, entertaining, and vividly-told narrative of a radical discovery that sent shockwaves through the scientific community and forever changed the way we understand the world.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 and lively account, David Lindley captures this critical… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-4000-7996-4
  • EAN: 9781400079964
  • Produktnummer: 19443554
  • Verlag: Anchor
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
  • Seitenangabe: 257 S.
  • Masse: H20.1 cm x B13.2 cm x D1.8 cm 260 g
  • Gewicht: 260

Über den Autor


David Lindley holds a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Sussex University and has been an editor at Nature, Science, and Science News. Now a full-time writer, he is the author of The End of Physics, Where Does the Weirdness Go?, The Science of Jurassic Park, Boltzmann's Atom, and Degrees Kelvin. He is also a recipient of the Phi Beta Kappa science writing prize. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

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