Quantum : Einstein, Bohr and the great debate about the nature of reality / Manjit Kumar.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Gurgaon : Hachette, 2009.Description: xviii, 448 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: - 9789380143101 (pbk.)
- 23 530.12
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Indu Prasad
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Gulbanoo Premji Library, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru | 3rd Floor | IP 530.12 KUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | G25880 |
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Contents --
The reluctant revolutionary --
The patent slave --
The golden Dane --
The quantum atom --
When Einstein met Bohr --
The prince of duality --
Spin doctors --
The quantum magician --
A late erotic outburst --
Uncertainty in Copenhagen --
Solvay 1927 --
Einstein forgets relativity --
Quantum reality --
For whom Bell's theorem tolls --
The quantum demon.
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 Schrödinger, and others.
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