Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist

Name: Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist
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ISBN: 9780674624610

ISBN-10: 0674624610

ISBN-13: 9780674624610

Edition: 1982

Authors: Russell McCormmach

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It is the end of an historical epoch, but to an old professor of physics, Victor Jakob, sitting in his unlighted study, eating dubious bread with jam made from turnips, it is the end of a way of thinking in his own subject. Younger men have challenged the classical world picture of physics and are looking forward to observational tests of Einstein's new theory of relativity as well as the creation of a quantum mechanics of the atom. It is a time of both apprehension and hope. In this remarkable book, the reader literally inhabits the mind of a scientist while Professor Jakob meditates on the discoveries of the past fifty years and reviews his own life and career--his scientific ambitions…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/1/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



The Town


The Study


The Institute


The World-City


The World


The Mountains


Afterword Sources


Acknowledgements