Quantum
Subtitle: Einstein, Bohr and the great debate about the nature of reality
By: Manjit Kumar
Publisher: Icon
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Thriplow
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781848310292
Subjects: Quantum theory; Popular works; Quantentheorie; History
Description: "For most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable science. And yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this book, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its core." "Quantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not exist. Yet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itself. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-438) and index.
Table of contents: title: The reluctant revolutionary; title: The patent slave; title: The golden Dane; title: The quantum atom; title: When Einstein met Bohr; title: The prince of duality; title: Spin doctors; title: The quantum magician; title: 'A late erotic outburst'; title: Uncertainty in Copenhagen; title: Solvay 1927; title: Einstein forgets relativity; title: Quantum reality; title: For whom Bell's theorem tolls; title: The quantum demon.