Haphazard Reality: Half a Century of Science - Couverture souple

Casimir, Hendrik

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060911042 ISBN 13 : 9780060911041

Editeur : HarperCollins, 1984

Synopsis

Book by Casimir Hendrik

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Casimir, himself a famous physician, studied and worked with three great physicists of the twentieth century: Niels Bohr, Wolfgang Pauli and Paul Ehrenfest. In his autobiography, the brilliant theoretician lets the reader witness the revolution that led to quantum physics, whose influence on modern society turned out to be many times larger than the first atomic physicists could have imagined. Through his involvement in the technical-scientific and the business aspects of physics, through management positions at Philips Research Laboratory and as a member of the Board of Directors of Philips, Professor Casimir is the ideal person to place half a century of developments in physics within the context of important events in the world.

Biographie de l'auteur

Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir (1909-2000) was a Dutch physicist who became well-known for his important model for superconductivity (with Cor Gorter, 1934), the Casimir effect (with Dirk Polder, 1948) and the Casimir-operator in quantum mechanics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0060911042
• ISBN 13: 9780060911041
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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