Beyond uncertainty
Subtitle: Heisenberg, quantum physics, and the bomb
By: by David C. Cassidy.
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781934137130
Subjects: Heisenberg, Werner, -- 1901-1976; Physicists -- Germany -- Biography; Atomic bomb -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The early years; title: The world at war; title: The gymnasium years; title: The battle of Munich; title: Finding his path; title: Sommerfeld's Institute; title: Confronting the quantum; title: Modeling atoms; title: Channeling rivers, challenging causality; title: Entering the matrix; title: Awash in matrices, rescued by waves; title: Determining uncertainty; title: Reaching the top; title: New frontiers; title: Into the abyss; title: Social atoms; title: Of particles and politics; title: Heir apparent; title: The lonely years; title: A Faustian bargain; title: One who could not leave; title: The war and its uses; title: Visiting Copenhagen; title: Ordering reality; title: Professor in Berlin; title: Return to the matrix; title: One last attempt; title: Explaining the project, farm hall; title: Explaining the project, the world; title: The later years.