Einstein and Heisenberg : the controversy over quantum physics /: the controversy over quantum physics. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Konrad Kleinknecht.
• Authors: Kleinknecht, K (Konrad), 1940-
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; About the Author; 1: Einstein's Youth; The Cemetery at Buchau; The Family in Ulm and Munich; Student at the Luitpold-Gymnasium, Munich; Einstein in Aarau and Zürich; Expert at the Bern Patent Office; 2: Heisenberg's Youth; Heisenberg's Background; Schooldays in Würzburg and Munich; The Youth Movement; Studies with Sommerfeld; Heisenberg in Göttingen and Copenhagen; 3: The Wonder Years; The Calm Before the Storm of Ideas; Einstein's Annus Mirabilis; The Photoelectric Effect; The Doctoral Dissertation and the Brownian Motion of Molecules; The New View of Space and Time Einstein's Special Theory of RelativityMass and Energy; Reactions to the Revolutionary Papers; Professor in Zürich, Prague, and Again in Zürich; The General Theory of Relativity and Berlin; Consequences of the General Theory of Relativity; Heisenberg's Breakthrough to Quantum Mechanics; Conservation of Energy and the Compton Effect; Burst of Creativity on Helgoland; Conclusion in Göttingen; Discussion with Einstein; The Completion of the New Quantum Theory; The Schrödinger Equation; Schrödinger in Copenhagen; Born's Probabilistic Interpretation; The Uncertainty Principle; Einstein's Reaction 4: Impact of the DiscoveriesThe Fifth Solvay Conference, 1927; Impact of the General Theory of Relativity; Evolution of the Universe and the Big Bang; Dark Matter; Black Holes and Supernovae; Gravitational Waves; Heisenberg in Leipzig; "German Physics"; Einstein as Teacher; Impact of Quantum Mechanics; Philosophical Consequences; Applications of Quantum Mechanics; Magnetism; Semiconductors, Integrated Circuits, and Computers; Quantum Computer, Quantum Cryptography; The Laser; Superconductors; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; 5: Expulsion and the War Years; Einstein and Germany Einstein's Pacifism, the Bomb, and the Franck ReportHeisenberg, the War Years, and the Uranium Club; The Uranium Reactor; 6: Social Affinities; Einstein's Women; Heisenberg's Family; Einstein's Religion; Heisenberg's Religious Philosophy; More on the Role of Music; Einstein's Later Years: World Sage in Princeton and His "Unified Field Theory"; Heisenberg: Government Advisor in Göttingen and Munich, Reconstruction, the Theory of Everything; The Final Meeting, 1954; Glossary; Bibliography; Literature on Einstein; Literature on Heisenberg; Author Index; Subject Index; Picture Credits
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 185 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 530.092; Physicists -- Germany -- Biography; Physics -- History -- 20th century; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030052645; 3030052648
• Related ISBNs: 9783030052638; 303005263X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 21, 2019).
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