Einstein defiant : genius versus genius in the quantum revolution / by Edmund Blair Bolles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolles, Edmund Blair, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.

Einstein, Albert.

Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.

Bohr, Niels.

Quantum theory--History--20th century.

Quantum theory.

Physics--Europe--History--20th century.

Physics.

History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

viii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Joseph Henry Press, [2004]

Summary:

Powerful and illuminating, "Einstein Defiant" is the first book to capture the soul and the science that inspired a dramatic duel between Albert Einstein and Danish genius Neils Bohr, another founder of quantum physics.

Contents:

A Radical Fact Resisted

1 The Opposite of an Intriguer 3

2 Not German at All 12

3 I Never Fully Understood It 26

4 Independence and Inner Freedom 35

5 A Mercy of Fate 51

6 Picturesque Phrases 57

7 Scientific Dada 68

8 Such a Devil of a Fellow 76

9 Intuition and Inspiration 86

10 Bold, Not to Say Reckless 94

11 A Completely New Lesson 102

12 Slaves to Time and Space 110

13 Where All Weaker Imaginations Wither 116

14 A Triumph of Einstein Over Bohr 127

A Radical Theory Created

15 Something Deeply Hidden 137

16 Completely Solved 146

17 Exciting and Exacting Times 162

18 Intellectual Drunkenness 184

19 The Observant Executrix 195

20 It Might Look Crazy 204

21 Taking Nothing Solemnly 211

22 How Much More Gratifying 218

A Radical Understanding Defied

23 Sorcerer's Multiplication 229

24 Adding Two Nonsenses 236

25 Admiration and Suspicion 241

26 An Unrelenting Fanatic 248

27 The Secret of the Old One 251

28 Indeterminacy 256

29 A Very Pleasant Talk 264

30 The Dream of His Life 276

31 The Saddest Chapter 285

32 A Reality Independent of Man 293

33 A Certain Unreasonableness 299.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-336) and index.

ISBN:

0309089980

OCLC:

53331658