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Ladataan... Faust in Copenhagen: A Struggle for the Soul of PhysicsTekijä: Gino Segrè
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. The Faust component of the book was minuscule and the struggle for the soul of physics (whatever that might be) was to my eyes illusory. The book was, for the most part, a series of anecdotes- most of which have been more coherently told elsewhere. I was disappointed. ( ) My first impression is that this is one of my favorite books ever. The physicist-author's writing is very lucid and easy to follow, despite the heavy subject matter of quantum mechanics and nuclear physics. It is, after all, mostly just the story of the people responsible for the groundbreaking discoveries, experiments, and theories leading to the so-called "big" physics era of today. Segré, I think, achieves the right amount of scientific and mathematical rigor in his explanations (there are no equations). It's just a fact that quantum mechanics and nuclear physics are hard to understand, but Segré makes it easy to appreciate the science and people behind the developments of those disciplines. I thought there were a few places that could have used maybe an additional paragraph of explanation (like when Segré first mentioned that it was proven that the nitrogen nucleus has an even amount of particles), but maybe that wouldn't have been possible. An enjoyable recounting of the lives and big events involving the major physicists of the last century. It gave me a much better appreciation of figures like Neils Bohr, Paul Dirac, Wernher Heisenberg, Wolfgang Pauli, Lise Meitner, and others. I came away with a better understanding of them as people (esp. Bohr) and of their contributions to the field (again, esp. Bohr). Pretty good stuff. Sette geni della fisica, sei uomini e una donna, nel 1932, si riuniscono all'Istituto di fisica teorica di Copenaghen. Sono i maggiori scienziati del Novecento, protagonisti delle principali scoperte della fisica, ma quell'anno saranno costretti a confrontarsi con la macchina bellica di Hitler e a subire condizionamenti politici e militari. Questo volume ricostruisce quel momento cruciale della ricerca scientifica e della storia mondiale.
[A] memorable retelling of one of science's most heroic eras. Segrè describes the quantum mechanical advances and controversies in a very readable fashion for a general audience and manages to avoid the use of equations. Segrè effectively combines science history with the personal lives of the conference participants, offering an enlightening look at a key event in modern science and those who took part in it. Segrè brings the scientists and their ideas to vivid life. Palkinnot
Known to physicists as the "miracle year," 1932 saw the discovery of the neutron and the first artificially induced nuclear transmutation. However, while physicists celebrated these momentous discoveries--which presaged the era of big science and nuclear bombs--Europe was moving inexorably toward totalitarianism and war. In April of that year, about forty of the world's leading physicists--including Werner Heisenberg, Lise Meitner, and Paul Dirac--came to Niels Bohr's Copenhagen Institute for their annual informal meeting about the frontiers of physics. Physicist Gino Segrè brings to life this historic gathering, which ended with a humorous skit based on Goethe's Faust--little knowing the Faustian bargains they would face in the near future. Capturing the interplay between the great scientists as well as the discoveries they discussed and debated, Segrè evokes the moment when physics--and the world--was about to lose its innocence.--From publisher description. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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