Quantum
Subtitle: Einstein, Bohr, and the great debate about the nature of reality
By: Manjit Kumar
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780393339888
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Quantum theory; History; Reality
Description: Traces the development of quantum physics through the twentieth century, explaining its key concepts and exploring influential personalities such as Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Wolfgang Pauli, Erwin Schro dinger, and others.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 -- ' -- A l; title: ate 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.