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Kumar, Manjit.
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.
Quantum theory -- History -- Popular works.
Physicists -- History.
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Quantum : Einstein, ...
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Quantum : Einstein, Bohr and the great debate about the nature of reality / Manjit Kumar.
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Kumar, Manjit.
New York : W.W. Norton, 2010.
Subjects
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.
Quantum theory -- History -- Popular works.
Physicists -- History.
ISBN:
0393078299 (hardcover)
9780393078299 (hardcover) :
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xvi, 448 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.. ports. ; 25 cm.
Edition:
1st American ed.
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.
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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."
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