The Quantum Moment: How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty

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Robert P. Crease (Stony Brook University) Alfred Scharff Goldhaber (Stony Brook University)

The Quantum Moment

How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty

Robert P. Crease (Stony Brook University), Alfred Scharff Goldhaber (Stony Brook University)

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Norton
17 November 2014

Mathematics & Sciences; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)

Time travel, parallel worlds, random behaviour: the language and the imagery of quantum mechanics are ubiquitous, yet the science—and its journey into everyday language—still confounds us. Robert P. Crease and Alfred Scharff Goldhaber tell how a controversial idea from an obscure branch of optics grew in complexity and authority, eventually dominating the scientific community and commanding the attention of the culture at large. Recounting fiery disputes between figures including Einstein, Schr?dinger and Pauli, the authors trace popular images back to their scientific roots and uncover modern manifestations in everything from architecture and sculpture to the prose of John Updike. The Quantum Moment combines an exhilarating history of the quantum with shrewd insight into our experience of the everyday.

By: Robert P. Crease (Stony Brook University), Alfred Scharff Goldhaber (Stony Brook University)
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 623g
ISBN: 9780393067927
ISBN 10: 0393067920
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 17 November 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert P. Crease is a professor of philosophy and Alfred Scharff Goldhaber is a professor of physics; both at Stony Brook University. Crease's books include The Great Equations (ISBN 978 0 393 33793 8) and the highly praised World in the Balance (ISBN 978 0 393 34354 0).

Reviews for The Quantum Moment: How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty

While examining and celebrating the interplay between the sciences and humanities, Crease and Goldhaber do a first-rate job of explaining what quantum theory is all about... -- Prospect The general level of cultural commentary is more thoughtful and will engage and perhaps even challenge the attitude of scientists as well as philosophers and cultural critics. -- Times Higher Education