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UNINA9910788012903321 |
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Autore |
Brown Brandon R. |
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Planck : driven by vision, broken by war / / Brandon R. Brown |
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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0-19-021949-1 |
0-19-021948-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Physicists - Germany |
World War, 1939-1945 - Science - Germany |
National socialism and science |
Physics - Germany - History - 20th century |
Science - Germany - History - 20th century |
Germany Intellectual life 20th century |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Planck; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Max Planck Timeline; 1 October 1944; 2 April 1943; 3 Late May 1943; 4 October 1943; 5 January 1944; 6 Winter 1943-1944; 7 February 1944; 8 April 1944; 9 May 1944; 10 July 1944-A Celebration; 11 July 1944-An Arrest; 12 August 1944; 13 November 1944; 14 January 1945; 15 April 1945; 16 May 1945; Coda: 1945-1947; Appendix: A Modern Look at the Thermal Radiation Spectrum; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Planck's Law, an equation used by physicists to determine the radiation leaking from any object in the universe, was described by Albert Einstein as ""the basis of all twentieth-century physics."" Max Planck is credited with being the father of quantum theory, and his work laid the foundation for our modern understanding of matter and energetic processes. But Planck's story is not well known, especially in the United States. A German physicist working during the first half of the twentieth century, his library, personal journals, notebooks, and letters were all |
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