The age of uncertainty : how the greatest minds in physics changed the way we see the world
Hürter, Tobias2022
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Marie Curie, Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Ernst Schrodinger, and Albert Einstein didn't only revolutionise physics; they redefined our world and the reality we live in. In The Age of Uncertainty, Tobias Hürter brings to life the golden age of physics and its dazzling, flawed, and unforgettable heroes and heroines. He immerses us in a half century of global turmoil against which some of humankind's greatest and strangest scientific discoveries unfolded, expertly guiding us through the brilliant and mind-bending ideas that turned the world on its head. The work of the twentieth century's most important physicists produced scientific breakthroughs that led to an entirely new view of physics -- and a view of the universe that is still not fully understood today, even as evidence for its accuracy is all around us. The men and women who made these discoveries were intellectual adventurers, renegades, dandies, and nerds, some bound together by deep friendship; others, by bitter enmity. But the age of relativity theory and quantum mechanics was also the age of wars and revolutions. The discovery of radioactivity transformed science, but also led to the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Throughout The Age of Uncertainty, Hürter reminds us about the entanglement of science and world events, for we cannot observe the world without changing it.
Main title:
The age of uncertainty : how the greatest minds in physics changed the way we see the world / Tobias Hürter ; translated by David Shaw.
Author:
Hürter, Tobias, authorShaw, David (Translator), translator
Imprint:
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2022.©2022
Collation:
351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"How physics changed the way we see the world, 1895-1945" -- Front cover.Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
97819225855099781922585509
Dewey class:
539.092539
Language:
EnglishGerman
Subject:
BRN:
526055
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 539 HUR | Onloan - Due: 22 Sep 2024 |