
The quantum ten: a story of passion, tragedy, ambition and science
Biography, Historical biography, Science and medicine biography, Canadian non-fiction, Physics
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Summary
The seeds of the shift currently taking place in science were sown years ago, in 1925-7. That's when a dramatic two-year revolution in physics reached a climax, and scientists are still trying to resolve the problem, started then, of unifying… the classical and quantum worlds. Describes the rush to formalize quantum physics, the work of just a handful of men fired by ambition, philosophical conflicts and personal agendas. c2008.