Quantum
Subtitle: Einstein, Bohr, and the great debate about the nature of reality
By: Manjit Kumar.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780393078299
Subjects: Quantum theory -- History -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works
Description: Describes the conflict between Einstein and Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science as the author discusses quantum theory -- "an idea that ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references 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.