Quantum Profiles

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What was Albert Einstein like as a person? How did J. Robert Oppenheimer's religious background impact his scientific endeavors? Why did John Stewart Bell get into physics in the first place? Prolific science writer Jeremy Bernstein has followed up on his original Quantum Profiles, published in 1990, with seven added profiles: Wendell Furry, Philipp Frank, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Victor Weisskopf, Tom Lehrer, Max Jammer, and Robert Serber. The profiles on John Stewart Bell, John Wheeler, and Albert Einstein from the first edition have been revised and expanded, as well. Bernstein presents each profile carefully, and the context provided in these historical profiles is revolutionary in each approach. Bernstein's unique academic and social background allows readers to fully grasp the character profiles in each chapter. With a conversational writing style, Bernstein lets readers get to know these ten prolific physicists-from personalities to historical and scientific significance-in a whole new way.

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Genre : Science
Author : Jeremy Bernstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release : 2020-02-25
File : 229 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780190056872


Quantum Drama

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Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. It is also completely baffling. From the moment of its inception, its founders struggled to understand its meaning. This struggle was most famously encapsulated in the debate between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein; Quantum Drama tells the story of their engagement and its legacy.

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Genre : Science
Author : Jim Baggott
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release : 2024-04-25
File : 353 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780192846105


How The Hippies Saved Physics Science Counterculture And The Quantum Revival

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"How the Hippies Saved Physics gives us an unconventional view of some unconventional people engaged early in the fundamentals of quantum theory. Great fun to read." —Anton Zeilinger, Nobel laureate in physics The surprising story of eccentric young scientists—among them Nobel laureates John Clauser and Alain Aspect—who stood up to convention and changed the face of modern physics. Today, quantum information theory is among the most exciting scientific frontiers, attracting billions of dollars in funding and thousands of talented researchers. But as MIT physicist and historian David Kaiser reveals, this cutting-edge field has a surprisingly psychedelic past. How the Hippies Saved Physics introduces us to a band of freewheeling physicists who defied the imperative to “shut up and calculate” and helped to rejuvenate modern physics. For physicists, the 1970s were a time of stagnation. Jobs became scarce, and conformity was encouraged, sometimes stifling exploration of the mysteries of the physical world. Dissatisfied, underemployed, and eternally curious, an eccentric group of physicists in Berkeley, California, banded together to throw off the constraints of the physics mainstream and explore the wilder side of science. Dubbing themselves the “Fundamental Fysiks Group,” they pursued an audacious, speculative approach to physics. They studied quantum entanglement and Bell’s Theorem through the lens of Eastern mysticism and psychic mind-reading, discussing the latest research while lounging in hot tubs. Some even dabbled with LSD to enhance their creativity. Unlikely as it may seem, these iconoclasts spun modern physics in a new direction, forcing mainstream physicists to pay attention to the strange but exciting underpinnings of quantum theory. A lively, entertaining story that illuminates the relationship between creativity and scientific progress, How the Hippies Saved Physics takes us to a time when only the unlikeliest heroes could break the science world out of its rut.

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Genre : Science
Author : David Kaiser
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Release : 2011-06-27
File : 549 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780393082302


The Standard Conception As Genuine Quantum Realism

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Genre : Quantum theory
Author : Jens Hebor
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Release : 2005
File : 244 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105122269892


Soviet Journal Of Quantum Electronics

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Genre : Quantum electronics
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Release : 1991
File : 508 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCSD:31822008331241


Studies Of Quantum Dots In The Quantum Hall Regime

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Author : Eyal Goldmann
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Release : 1999
File : 250 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCSD:31822027815190


Radiative Transitions In Ingan Quantum Well Structures

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Author : Noad Asaf Shapiro
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Release : 2002
File : 284 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCAL:C3488381


Coherence And Quantum Optics

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Genre : Coherence (Optics)
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Release : 1989
File : 1356 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015019850570


Coherence And Quantum Optics V

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Genre : Science
Author : Leonard Mandel
Publisher : Springer
Release : 1984-07-31
File : 1292 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCAL:B4128515


New Frontiers In Quantum Electrodynamics And Quantum Optics

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Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Istanbul, Turkey, August 14-26, 1989

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Genre : Science
Author : Asim Orhan Barut
Publisher : Springer
Release : 1990
File : 632 Pages
ISBN-13 : UVA:X001925310