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Author Cassidy, David C., 1945-

Title Beyond uncertainty : Heisenberg, quantum physics, and the bomb / David C. Cassidy.

Publication Info. New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2009.
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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  530.092 CASSIDY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  530.092 CASSIDY    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B HEISENBERG    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  530.092 CASSIDY    Check Shelf
Description 480 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [411]-456) and index.
Contents The early years -- The world at war -- The gymnasium years -- The battle of Munich -- Finding his path -- Sommerfeld's Institute -- Confronting the quantum -- Modeling atoms -- Channeling rivers, questioning causality -- Entering the quantum matrix -- Awash in matrices, rescued by waves -- Determining uncertainty -- Reaching the top -- New frontiers -- Into the abyss -- Social atoms -- Of particles and politics -- Heir apparent -- The lonely years -- A Faustian bargain -- One who could not leave -- Warfare and its uses -- A Copenhagen visit -- Ordering reality -- Professor in Berlin -- Return to the matrix -- One last attempt -- Explaining the project: Farm Hall -- Explaining the project: the world -- The later years.
Subject Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976.
Physicists -- Germany -- Biography.
Atomic bomb -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1940-1945
Other Form: Online version: Cassidy, David C., 1945- Beyond uncertainty. New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2009 (OCoLC)623075309
ISBN 9781934137130 alkaline paper
1934137138 alkaline paper
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