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OverviewIn the years between 1924 and 1927 some of the deepest riddles that nature posed to us were solved: how to under stand and describe the structure of atoms and, therefore, the structure and behavior of matter, since all matter is made of atoms. It was a truly revolutionary step, because it required the abandonment of many old concepts and pre judices and the creation of new concepts and a new language called quantum mechanics, in order to understand and describe what happens within and between the atoms. A new subtle reality was discovered to exist in this realm, on which the ordinary reality of our daily life is based. The new insights were achieved not by any single individual, but by a small group from different nations, with Niels Bohr in Copenhagen as the most powerful leader . Most of these people were very young, in their twenties, whereas Bohr was in his forties at that time. It was a little group of enthu siastic young spirits, well aware of being at the front line of knowledge, of shedding light on a previously murky and contradictory situation. Never before have so few con tributed so much insight into the workings of nature in such a short time. One of the young men in this group was Werner Heisenberg. He was perhaps the most active and creative among them, the one who provided the most important ideas and formulations. Full Product DetailsAuthor: HEISENBERGPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.275kg ISBN: 9781461297741ISBN 10: 1461297745 Pages: 170 Publication Date: 14 October 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsOne: Childhood and Youth.- Two: First Conflicts with Politics.- Three: “German Physics” and the Succession of Sommerfeld.- Four: Emigration Offers from Abroad.- Five: War and the Journey to Copenhagen.- Six: The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin and the Last Years of the War.- Seven: Imprisonment and the Dropping of the Bomb.- Eight: After the War.- Nine: Bearing the Responsibility.- Conclusion.- Photographic Credits.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |