Einstein and the Quantum The Quest of the Valiant Swabian

Name: Einstein and the Quantum The Quest of the Valiant Swabian
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ISBN: 9780691139685

ISBN-10: 0691139687

ISBN-13: 9780691139685

Edition: 2014

Authors: A. Douglas Stone

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Einstein and the Quantum reveals for the first time the full significance of Albert Einstein's contributions to quantum theory. Einstein famously rejected quantum mechanics, observing that God does not play dice. But, in fact, he thought more about the nature of atoms, molecules, and the emission and absorption of light--the core of what we now know as quantum theory--than he did about relativity.A compelling blend of physics, biography, and the history of science, Einstein and the Quantum shares the untold story of how Einstein--not Max Planck or Niels Bohr--was the driving force behind early quantum theory. It paints a vivid portrait of the iconic physicist as he grappled with the…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/29/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

A. Douglas Stone is the Carl A. Morse Professor of Applied Physics and Physics at Yale University.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: A Hundred Times More Than Relativity Theory



"An Act of Desperation"



The Impudent Swabian



The Gypsy Life



Two Pillars of Wisdom



The Perfect Instruments of the Creator



More Heat Than Light



Difficult Counting



Those Fabulous Molecules



Tripping the Light Heuristic



Entertaining the Contradiction



Stalking the Planck



Calamity Jeans



Frozen Vibrations



Planck's Nobel Nightmare



Joining the Union



Creative Fusion



The Importance of Being Nernst



Lamenting the Ruins



A Cosmic Interlude



Bohr's Atomic Sonata



Relying on Chance



Chaotic Ghosts



Fifteen Million Minutes of Fame



The Indian Comet



Quantum Dice



The Royal Marriage: E = mc<sup>2</sup> = hv



The Viennese Polymath



Confusion and Then Uncertainty



Nicht diese Tï¿½ne



The Physicists



The Three Thermal Radiation Laws


Notes


References


Index