02876nam 2200601 a 450 991045933840332120200520144314.090-485-1197-6(CKB)2670000000034839(EBL)564071(OCoLC)663990679(SSID)ssj0000419327(PQKBManifestationID)12173657(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419327(PQKBWorkID)10383154(PQKB)11409389(MiAaPQ)EBC564071(Au-PeEL)EBL564071(CaPaEBR)ebr10405024(EXLCZ)99267000000003483920100918d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHaphazard reality[electronic resource] half a century of science /H.B.G. Casimir ; with a new preface by Frans SarisAmsterdam Amsterdam University Press20101 online resource (375 p.)Amsterdam Academic ArchiveDescription based upon print version of record.90-8964-200-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-348) and index.Contents; Preface to the Series; Author's Preface; Introduction; 1. Family Background and Schooldays; 2. Development of Physics; 3. Early Years at Leiden; 4. Copenhagen; 5. Berlin, Zürich, and back to Leiden; 6. Low Temperatures; 7. War Times; 8. Holst and the Philips research Laboratory; 9. Industry and Science After the Second World War; 10. The Science-Technology Spiral; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Bibliographical Notes; IndexCasimir, himself a famous physician, studied and worked with three great physicists of the twentieth century: Niels Bohr, Wolfgang Pauli and Paul Ehrenfest. In his autobiography, the brilliant theoretician lets the reader witness the revolution that led to quantum physics, whose influence on modern society turned out to be many times larger than the first atomic physicists could have imagined. Through his involvement in the technical-scientific and the business aspects of physics, through management positions at Philips Research Laboratory and as a member of the Board of Directors of Philips, Amsterdam Academic ArchivePhysicistsNetherlandsBiographyPhysicsHistoryTechnologyHistoryElectronic books.PhysicistsPhysicsHistory.TechnologyHistory.530.0924Casimir H. B. G(Hendrik Brugt Gerhard),1909-2000.879278Saris Frans879279MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459338403321Haphazard reality1963523UNINA