| Description |
223 p., [12] p. of plates. : ill., ports. ; 18 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Signet science library ; T3745 |
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Signet science library ; T3745.
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| Note |
Revised edition of: The questioners. 1965. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Ernest Rutherford: Discovery of the Nucleus -- Ernest Rutherford: Radioactivity -- Max Planck: Pursuit of an "Absolute," the Entropy Law -- Max Planck: The Quantum Theory -- Albert Einstein: Work of 1905 -- Niels Bohr: Early Quantum Theory of the Atom -- Niels Bohr: Early Days of Atomic Physics -- Wolfgang Pauli, Werner Heisenberg, and Bohr's Institute -- An Introduction to Modern Quantum Theory -- Creation of Quantum Mechanics -- Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics -- Albert Einstein: The General Theory of Relativity -- The Debate Between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein -- Afterward -- Further Reading -- Index. |
| Subject |
Physicists -- Biography.
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Physics -- History.
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Quantum theory -- History.
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