Einstein defiant : genius versus genius in the quantum revolution | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Despite their mutual appreciation of the quantum's importance, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr never agreed on the fundamentals of their work. This book captures the soul and the science that inspired this duel, revealing the personalities and the passions - and, in the end, what was at stake for the world.

Print Book, English, 2004

Publisher: Joseph Henry ; Oxford Publicity Partnership [distributor], Washington, D.C., Oxford, 2004

Physical Description:356 pages ; 23 cm

ISBN:

9780309089982, 9780309096171, 0309089980, 0309096170

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:828436718

Contents:

1 Front Matter; 2 A RADICAL FACT RESISTED 1 The Opposite of an Intriguer; 3 2 Not German at All; 4 3 I Never Fully Understood It; 5 4 Independence and Inner Freedom; 6 5 A Mercy of Fate; 7 6 Picturesque Phrases; 8 7 Scientific Dada; 9 8 Such a Devil of a Fellow; 10 9 Intuition and Inspiration; 11 10 Bold, Not to Say Reckless; 12 11 A Completely New Lesson; 13 12 Slaves to Time and Space; 14 13 Where All Weaker Imaginations Wither; 15 14 A Triumph of Einstein Over Bohr; 16 A RADICAL THEORY CREATED 15 Something Deeply Hidden; 17 16 Completely Solved; 18 17 Exciting and Exacting Times; 19 18 Intellectual Drunkenness; 20 19 The Observant Executrix; 21 20 It Might Look Crazy; 22 21 Taking Nothing Solemnly; 23 22 How Much More Gratifying; 24 A RADICAL UNDERSTANDING DEFIED 23 Sorcerer's Multiplication; 25 24 Adding Two Nonsenses; 26 25 Admiration and Suspicion; 27 26 An Unrelenting Fanatic; 28 27 The Secret of the Old One; 29 28 Indeterminacy; 30 29 A Very Pleasant Talk; 31 30 The Dream of His Life; 32 31 The Saddest Chapter; 33 32 A Reality Independent of Man; 34 33 A Certain Unreasonableness; 35 Afterword; 36 Bibliography; 37 Sources; 38 Index