Uncertainty - Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr and the struggle for the soul of science

David Lindley

Random House LLC

2008

257 páginas

8h 34m

ISBN-1: 0

Werner Heisenberg’s “uncertainty principle” challenged centuries of scientific understanding, placed him in direct opposition to Albert Einstein, and put Niels Bohr in the middle of one of the most heated debates in scientific history. Heisenberg’s theorem stated that there were physical limits to what we could know about sub-atomic particles; this “uncertainty” would have shocking implications. In a riveting account, David Lindley captures this critical episode and explains one of the most important scientific discoveries in history, which has since transcended the boundaries of science and influenced everything from literary theory to television.

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4 (Muito bom)

Very good book about science history

Very interesting book, it shows the history about the maybe most important principle of 20s century, the Uncertainty Principle. It shows us too, some problems concern this idea ... everybody knows the Einstein sentence about that "God doesn't play dice", but there was much more things.

The author did a profound research about the personal life of these scientists and how the world around then, specially the 2nd World War, changed their lives. This isn't a usual to do in such books, but I believe it's a very nice way to understand the men behind the science. There is only a little problem here, if you don't know anything about quantum mechanic read this book can be a bit tricky, but nothing impossible.