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OverviewNiels Bohr ranks with Einstein among the physicists of the 20th century. He rose to this status through his invention of the quantum theory of the atom and his leadership in its defense and development. He also ranks with Einstein in his humanism and his sense of responsibility to his science and the society that enabled him to create it. Our book presents unpublished excerpts from extensive correspondence between Bohr and his immediate family, and uses it to describe and analyze the psychological and cultural background to his invention. The book also contains a reprinting of the three papers of 1913 - the Trilogy- in which Bohr worked out the provisional basis of a quantum theory of the atom. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Finn Aaserud (Director, Niels Bohr Archive, Copenhagen, Denmark) , John L. Heilbron (Professor of History, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley; Honorary Fellow, Worcester College, Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.734kg ISBN: 9780199680283ISBN 10: 0199680280 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 18 July 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPart 1. Niels Bohr's Private Sphere - as revealed through unpublished family correspondenceFinn Aaserud: 1: Introduction 2: Finding each other in Copenhagen 3: Niels in Cambridge 4: Niels in Manchester 5: Beginning married life in Copenhagen 6: Conclusion Part 2. Nascent Science - The scientific and psychological background to Bohr's TrilogyJ.L. Heilbron: 7: Necessary preliminaries 8: Some physics around 1900 9: Stupid electrons 10: Indictment of classical physics 11: Odin the lawgiver 12: The Trilogy 13: Bolts from the blue Part 3. The TrilogyReviewsAaserud and Heilbron have given us a fine book, a handsome memento to this centenary year of Bohrs monumental work. Graham Farmelo, THE Aaserud and Heilbron have given us a truly delightful book. It is high time that someone wrote his biography to bring his achievements to the attention of the public and to the many physicists who appear to be largely unaware of his intellectual breadth and depth, his huge influence and, above all, his nobility. Aaserud and Heilbron have convinced me that it is not only Niels Bohr who deserves a full-scale, accessible biography - his wife does, too. Graham Farmelo, THE This is a unique contribution to the fanfare around the centenary of Bohr's theory: it incorporates archivist Finn Aaserud's assemblage of previously unpublished letters between Bohr and his family, and a reprint of Bohr's 'Trilogy' of papers. Nature July 2013 This is a unique contribution to the fanfare around the centenary of Bohr's theory: it incorporates archivist Finn Aaserud's assemblage of previously unpublished letters between Bohr and his family, and a reprint of Bohr's 'Trilogy' of papers. Nature July 2013 Author InformationFinn Aaserud is Director of the Niels Bohr Archive, Copenhagen. John L. Heilbron is Professor of History and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and Honorary Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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