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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cassidy, David C., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physicists--Germany--Biography.

Physicists.

Atomic bomb--Germany--History--20th century.

Atomic bomb.

Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976.

Heisenberg, Werner.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2009.

Summary:

Now in paperback: Heisenberg's life reconsidered for the twenty-first century by the world's leading English-language authority.

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER 1 THE EARLY YEARS; CHAPTER 2 THE WORLD AT WAR; CHAPTER 3 THE GYMNASIUM YEARS; CHAPTER 4 THE BATTLE OF MUNICH; CHAPTER 5 FINDING HIS PATH; CHAPTER 6 SOMMERFELD'S INSTITUTE; CHAPTER 7 CONFRONTING THE QUANTUM; CHAPTER 8 MODELING ATOMS; CHAPTER 9 CHANNELING RIVERS, QUESTIONING CAUSALITY; CHAPTER 10 ENTERING THE QUANTUM MATRIX; CHAPTER 11 AWASH IN MATRICES, RESCUED BY WAVES; CHAPTER 12 DETERMINING UNCERTAINTY; CHAPTER 13 REACHING THE TOP; CHAPTER 14 NEW FRONTIERS; CHAPTER 15 INTO THE ABYSS; CHAPTER 16 SOCIAL ATOMS; CHAPTER 17 OF PARTICLES AND POLITICS

CHAPTER 18 HEIR APPARENTCHAPTER 19 THE LONELY YEARS; CHAPTER 20 A FAUSTIAN BARGAIN; CHAPTER 21 ONE WHO COULDNOT LEAVE; CHAPTER 22 WARFARE AND ITS USES; CHAPTER 23 A COPENHAGEN VISIT; CHAPTER 24 ORDERING REALITY; CHAPTER 25 PROFESSOR IN BERLIN; CHAPTER 26 RETURN TO THE MATRIX; CHAPTER 27 ONE LAST ATTEMPT; CHAPTER 28 EXPLAINING THE PROJECT: FARM HALL; CHAPTER 29 EXPLAINING THE PROJECT: THE WORLD; CHAPTER 30 THE LATER YEARS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-456) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-88322-4

9786612883224

1-934137-32-4

OCLC:

693761781