Beyond uncertainty [[electronic resource] ] : Heisenberg, quantum physics, and the bomb / / David C. Cassidy

• Autore: Cassidy David C. <1945->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Bellevue Literary Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (481 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.092
• Soggetto topico: Physicists - Germany; Atomic bomb - Germany - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-456) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Now in paperback: Heisenberg's life reconsidered for the twenty-first century by the world's leading English-language authority.
• Titolo autorizzato: Beyond uncertainty
• ISBN: 1-282-88322-4; 9786612883224; 1-934137-32-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459390503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II