At the end of nineteenth century, some physicists believed that the basic principles underlying their subject were already known, and that physics in the future would only consist of filling in the details. They could hardly have been more wrong. The past century has seen the rise of quantum mechanics, relativity, cosmology, particle physics, and condesed-matter physics, among other fields. These subjects have fundamentally changed our understanding of space, time, and matter. Thay have also transformed daily life, inspiring a technological revolution that has included the development of radio, television, lasers, nuclear power, and computers. In Quantum Generations, Helge Kragh, one of the world's leading historians of physics, presents a sweeping account of these extraordinary archievements of the past one hundred years.
Quantum Generations: A History of Physics in the Twentieth Century -
Helge Kragh
Princeton University Press
2002
494 páginas
16h 28m
ISBN-10: 0691095523
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