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Hürter, Tobias.
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Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.
Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976.
Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961.
Planck, Max, 1858-1947.
Physics -- History -- 20th century.
Quantum theory -- History.
Quantum theory.
Relativity (Physics) -- History.
Scientists -- Biography.
Physics -- History -- 20th century.
Physicists -- Biography.
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Hürter, Tobias.
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.
Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976.
Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961.
Planck, Max, 1858-1947.
Physics -- History -- 20th century.
Quantum theory -- History.
Quantum theory.
Relativity (Physics) -- History.
Scientists -- Biography.
Physics -- History -- 20th century.
Physicists -- Biography.
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Too big for a single mind : how the greatest generation of physicists uncovered the quantum world / Tobias Hürter ; translated by David Shaw.
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Hürter, Tobias.
The Experiment, 2022.
Call #:
530
.10922
H999t
Subjects
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.
Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976.
Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961.
Planck, Max, 1858-1947.
Physics -- History -- 20th century.
Quantum theory -- History.
Quantum theory.
Relativity (Physics) -- History.
Scientists -- Biography.
Physics -- History -- 20th century.
Physicists -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781615199204 (hc.)
Uniform title:
Zeitalter der Unschärfe. English
Description:
357 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in Germany as Das Zeitalter der Unschärfe by Klett-Cotta in 2021"--T. p. verso.
Tobias Hürter studied mathematics and philosophy in Munich and Berkeley. He has written about science and philosophy for magazines and newspapers since 2000, including as an editor at MIT Technology Review and as cofounder of the philosophy magazine Hohe Luft. Now a permanent freelance editor at Die Zeit Magazin Wissen, he lives in Munich.
Translator David Shaw works as a journalist for Germany’s international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, and translates from several languages, including German, Dutch, Russian, and French. He lives in Berlin.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-341) and index.
Summary:
"The epic story of how, amid two world wars, history's greatest phycisists redefined the universe and the reality we live in" --Jacket.
"Marie Curie, Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Ernst Schrödinger, and Albert Einstein didn't only revolutionize physics; they redefined our world and the reality we live in. In 'Too Big for a Single Mind,' Tobias Hürter brings to life the golden age of physics and its dazzling, flawed, and unforgettable heroes and heroines. The work of the twentieth century’s most important physicists produced scientific breakthroughs that led to an entirely new view of physics -- and a view of the universe that is still not fully understood today, even as evidence for its accuracy is all around us. The men and women who made these discoveries were intellectual adventurers, renegades, dandies, and nerds, some bound together by deep friendship; others, by bitter enmity. But the age of relativity theory and quantum mechanics was also the age of wars and revolutions. The discovery of radioactivity transformed science, but also led to the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- reminding us of the entanglement of science and world events, for we cannot observe the world without changing it."
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