Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
by David Lindley
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Author: David LindleyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02-12
ISBN: 0025450107
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Anchor
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Book Review: Human Side of Physics
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed this book a great deal. It dealt with all the major European contributors to the field of quantum mechanics during physics transition from classical, Newtonian ideas, to quantum ideas.
What I enjoyed is seeing how the story unfolded in terms of the personalities behind the physics. Each of the major figures were provided depth in terms of temperament, life styles, and personality quirks. These helped me gain insight into how these characters thought and the wonderfully human interactions between them.
It also provides a nice chronological thread of how various discoveries such as X-Rays, radioactivity, and the application of statistics to physics lead to the ideas of quantum energy and uncertainty.
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Summary of Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
Werner Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle" challenged centuries of scientific understanding, placed him in direct opposition to Albert Einstein, and put Niels Bohr in the middle of one of the most heated debates in scientific history. Heisenberg's theorem stated that there were physical limits to what we could know about sub-atomic particles; this "uncertainty" would have shocking implications. In a riveting account, David Lindley captures this critical episode and explains one of the most important scientific discoveries in history, which has since transcended the boundaries of science and influenced everything from literary theory to television.General Books
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