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Autore |
Cassidy David C. <1945-> |
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Titolo |
Beyond uncertainty [[electronic resource] ] : Heisenberg, quantum physics, and the bomb / / David C. Cassidy |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Bellevue Literary Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-88322-4 |
9786612883224 |
1-934137-32-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (481 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Physicists - Germany |
Atomic bomb - Germany - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-456) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER 1 THE EARLY YEARS; CHAPTER 2 THE WORLD AT WAR; CHAPTER 3 THE GYMNASIUM YEARS; CHAPTER 4 THE BATTLE OF MUNICH; CHAPTER 5 FINDING HIS PATH; CHAPTER 6 SOMMERFELD'S INSTITUTE; CHAPTER 7 CONFRONTING THE QUANTUM; CHAPTER 8 MODELING ATOMS; CHAPTER 9 CHANNELING RIVERS, QUESTIONING CAUSALITY; CHAPTER 10 ENTERING THE QUANTUM MATRIX; CHAPTER 11 AWASH IN MATRICES, RESCUED BY WAVES; CHAPTER 12 DETERMINING UNCERTAINTY; CHAPTER 13 REACHING THE TOP; CHAPTER 14 NEW FRONTIERS; CHAPTER 15 INTO THE ABYSS; CHAPTER 16 SOCIAL ATOMS; CHAPTER 17 OF PARTICLES AND POLITICS |
CHAPTER 18 HEIR APPARENTCHAPTER 19 THE LONELY YEARS; CHAPTER 20 A FAUSTIAN BARGAIN; CHAPTER 21 ONE WHO COULDNOT LEAVE; CHAPTER 22 WARFARE AND ITS USES; CHAPTER 23 A COPENHAGEN VISIT; CHAPTER 24 ORDERING REALITY; CHAPTER 25 PROFESSOR IN BERLIN; CHAPTER 26 RETURN TO THE MATRIX; CHAPTER 27 ONE LAST ATTEMPT; CHAPTER 28 EXPLAINING THE PROJECT: FARM HALL; CHAPTER 29 EXPLAINING THE PROJECT: THE WORLD; CHAPTER 30 THE LATER YEARS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Now in paperback: Heisenberg's life reconsidered for the twenty-first |
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