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Beyond uncertainty : Heisenberg, quantum physics, and the bomb / David C. Cassidy.

By: Cassidy, David C, 1945-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2009Description: 480 p. : Rs.1111.00 ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781934137284 (pbk.); 1934137138 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976 | Geschichte 1940-1945 | Physicists -- Germany -- Biography | Atomic bomb -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Beyond uncertainty.DDC classification: 530.092 Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
The early years -- The world at war -- The gymnasium years -- The battle of Munich -- Finding his path -- Sommerfeld's Institute -- Confronting the quantum -- Modeling atoms -- Channeling rivers, questioning causality -- Entering the quantum matrix -- Awash in matrices, rescued by waves -- Determining uncertainty -- Reaching the top -- New frontiers -- Into the abyss -- Social atoms -- Of particles and politics -- Heir apparent -- The lonely years -- A Faustian bargain -- One who could not leave -- Warfare and its uses -- A Copenhagen visit -- Ordering reality -- Professor in Berlin -- Return to the matrix -- One last attempt -- Explaining the project: Farm Hall -- Explaining the project: the world -- The later years.
List(s) this item appears in: 2015-07-09
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Book Chennai Mathematical Institute
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-456) and index.

The early years -- The world at war -- The gymnasium years -- The battle of Munich -- Finding his path -- Sommerfeld's Institute -- Confronting the quantum -- Modeling atoms -- Channeling rivers, questioning causality -- Entering the quantum matrix -- Awash in matrices, rescued by waves -- Determining uncertainty -- Reaching the top -- New frontiers -- Into the abyss -- Social atoms -- Of particles and politics -- Heir apparent -- The lonely years -- A Faustian bargain -- One who could not leave -- Warfare and its uses -- A Copenhagen visit -- Ordering reality -- Professor in Berlin -- Return to the matrix -- One last attempt -- Explaining the project: Farm Hall -- Explaining the project: the world -- The later years.