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The end of the certain world : the life and science of Max Born : the Nobel physicist who ignited the quantum revolution
- Title
- The end of the certain world : the life and science of Max Born : the Nobel physicist who ignited the quantum revolution / Nancy Thorndike Greenspan.
- Author
- Greenspan, Nancy Thorndike.
- Publication
- New York : Basic Books, c2005.
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Details
- Description
- x, 374 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-358) and index.
- Contents
- A kind of shell -- A higher desire -- Matters physical -- A bitter pill to swallow -- There is no other born in Germany -- Thinking hopelessly about Quanta -- But God does play dice -- Dark future -- Seeing how expendable you are -- Talking of desperate matters -- Worse than imagination -- There are so many ifs -- A curse of the age -- A trip to Stockholm.
- Call Number
- JSE 05-1383
- ISBN
- 0738206938 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004021809
- OCLC
- 56534998
- Author
- Greenspan, Nancy Thorndike.
- Title
- The end of the certain world : the life and science of Max Born : the Nobel physicist who ignited the quantum revolution / Nancy Thorndike Greenspan.
- Imprint
- New York : Basic Books, c2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-358) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JSE 05-1383