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Author:

Kumar, Manjit.

Title:

Quantum : Einstein, Bohr and the great debate about the nature of reality / Manjit Kumar.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xvi, 448 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.. ports. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Einstein, Albert,--1879-1955.
Bohr, Niels,--1885-1962.
Quantum theory--History--Popular works.
Physicists--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The quantum. The reluctant revolutionary -- The patent slave -- The golden Dane -- The quantum atom -- When Einstein met Bohr -- The prince of duality -- Boy physics. Spin doctors -- The quantum magician -- "A late erotic outburst" -- Uncertainty in Copenhagen -- Titans clash over reality. Solvay 1927 -- Einstein forgets relativity -- Quantum reality -- Does God play dice? For whom Bell's theorem tolls -- The quantum demon -- Timeline -- Glossary.

Summary:

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."

ISBN:

0393078299 (hardcover)
9780393078299 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)449865722

LCCN:

2009051249

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