The strange story of the quantum
Subtitle: an account for the general reader of the growth of the ideas underlying our present atomic knowledge
By: by Banesh Hoffmann ...
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Published: 1947
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Quantum theory.; Atoms.; Nuclear physics.
Description: "This book is designed to serve as a guide to those who would explore the theories by which the scientist seeks to comprehend the mysterious world of the atom. Nuclear fission and atomic bombs are not the whole of atomic science. Behind them lie extraordinary ideas and stirring events without which our understanding would be meager indeed."--Preface.