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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Stone, A. Douglas (1954-....)
Titre(s) : Einstein and the quantum [Texte imprimé] : the quest of the valiant Swabian / A. Douglas Stone
Publication : Princeton : Princeton university press, cop. 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-332 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : A hundred times more than relativity theory ; "An act of desperation" ; The impudent
Swabian ; The gypsy life ; Two pillars of wisdom ; The perfect instruments of the
creator ; More heat than light ; Difficult counting ; Those fabulous molecules
; Tripping the light heuristic ; Entertaining the contradiction ; Stalking the Planck
; Calamity jeans ; Frozen variations ; Planck's nobel nightmare ; Joining the union
; Creative fusion ; The importance of being nernst ; Lamenting the ruins ; A cosmic
interlude ; Bohr's atomic sonata ; Relying on chance ; Chaotic ghosts ; Fifteen
million minutes of fame ; The Indian comet ; Quantum dice ; The royal marriage:
E=mc p2 s=hv ; The Viennese polymath ; Confusion and then uncertainty ; Nicht diese
töne ; Appendix 1: the physicists ; Appendix 2: the three thermal radiation laws.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 295-324
"Einstein and the Quantum reveals for the first time the full significance of Albert
Einstein's contributions to quantum theory. Einstein famously rejected quantum mechanics,
observing that God does not play dice. But, in fact, he thought more about the nature
of atoms, molecules, and the emission and absorption of light--the core of what we
now know as quantum theory--than he did about relativity. A compelling blend of physics,
biography, and the history of science, Einstein and the Quantum shares the untold
story of how Einstein--not Max Planck or Niels Bohr--was the driving force behind
early quantum theory. It paints a vivid portrait of the iconic physicist as he grappled
with the apparently contradictory nature of the atomic world, in which its invisible
constituents defy the categories of classical physics, behaving simultaneously as
both particle and wave. And it demonstrates how Einstein's later work on the emission
and absorption of light, and on atomic gases, led directly to Erwin Schrödinger's
breakthrough to the modern form of quantum mechanics. The book sheds light on why
Einstein ultimately renounced his own brilliant work on quantum theory, due to his
deep belief in science as something objective and eternal.A book unlike any other,
Einstein and the Quantum offers a completely new perspective on the scientific achievements
of the greatest intellect of the twentieth century, showing how Einstein's contributions
to the development of quantum theory are more significant, perhaps, than even his
legendary work on relativity"
Sujet(s) : Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)
Théorie quantique
Indice(s) Dewey :
530.12 (23e éd.) = Mécanique quantique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691139685. - ISBN 0691139687 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43763075z
Notice n° :
FRBNF43763075
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