LEADER 02844nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910815604903321 005 20230725024533.0 010 $a90-485-1197-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000034839 035 $a(EBL)564071 035 $a(OCoLC)663990679 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000419327 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12173657 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419327 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10383154 035 $a(PQKB)11409389 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC564071 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL564071 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10405024 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000034839 100 $a20100918d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHaphazard reality$b[electronic resource] $ehalf a century of science /$fH.B.G. Casimir ; with a new preface by Frans Saris 210 $aAmsterdam $cAmsterdam University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (375 p.) 225 1 $aAmsterdam Academic Archive 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-8964-200-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [343]-348) and index. 327 $aContents; 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, Zu?rich, 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; Index 330 $aCasimir, himself a famous physician, studied and worked with three great physicists of the twentieth century: Niels Bohr, Wolfgang Pauli and Paul Ehrenfest. In his autobiography, the brilliant theoretician lets the reader witness the revolution that led to quantum physics, whose influence on modern society turned out to be many times larger than the first atomic physicists could have imagined. Through his involvement in the technical-scientific and the business aspects of physics, through management positions at Philips Research Laboratory and as a member of the Board of Directors of Philips, 410 0$aAmsterdam Academic Archive 606 $aPhysicists$zNetherlands$vBiography 606 $aPhysics$xHistory 606 $aTechnology$xHistory 615 0$aPhysicists 615 0$aPhysics$xHistory. 615 0$aTechnology$xHistory. 676 $a530.0924 700 $aCasimir$b H. B. G$g(Hendrik Brugt Gerhard),$f1909-2000.$01635285 701 $aSaris$b Frans$01668761 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815604903321 996 $aHaphazard reality$94029578 997 $aUNINA