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The Quantum Moment: How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us To Love Uncertainty
By Crease, Robert P. & Alfred Scharff Goldhaber
- ISBN
- 9780393067927 9780393245998
- Publisher
- Norton
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Starred Review on September 1, 2014 | Science and Technology
Crease (philosophy; Physics World columnist) and Goldhaber (physics, C.N. Yang Inst. for Theoretical Physics, both Stony Brook Univ.) explore the history of the quantum and the true meaning of metaphors such as Schrödinger's cat, quantum leaps, Hook's spring, and more. The authors begin by discussing Sir Isaac Newton and the Newtonian world, then cover quantum physics...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
