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Emmy Noether and The Fabric of Reality
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The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory: with A Scientific Autobiography (The Story of Quantum Physics As Told by Its Founders #1)
Quantum physics originated from Max Planck's great discovery of the quantum of energy in 1900. Exactly how was the quantum revolution ignited by Planck? Were there some devious roads he walked during his discovery? In his fascinating Nobel Lecture and Scientific Autobiography, which are carefully edited in this book, Planck told us how he discovered the quantum "after a few weeks of the most stren... |
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Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers
In this fascinating autobiography from the foremost genius of twentieth-century physics, Max Planck tells the story of his life, his aims, and his thinking. Published posthumously, the papers in this volume were written for the general reader and make accessible his scientific theories as well as his philosophical ideals, including his thoughts on ethics and morals.Max (Karl Ernst Ludwig) Planck w... |
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Dilemmas of an Upright Man: Max Planck and the Fortunes of German Science
$14.92 Winner of the History of Science Society's Watson Davis Prize for the Public Understanding of Science. In this moving and eloquent portrait, John Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German science. With great understanding, he shows how Max Planck suffered morally and intellectually as his lifelong habit of service to his country and to physics was confront... |
