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Zanichelli (1966), 205 pages
Description
Entertaining, rigorous introduction to the development of quantum theory traces the subject's history, from Max Planck's revolutionary discovery of quanta and Niels Bohr's model of the atom to anti-particles, mesons, and Enrico Fermi's nuclear research. Numerous line drawings. 1966 edition.
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LibraryThing member lharris4
Breezy introduction to the modern physics revolution 1900–1930, with cute line illustrations. Somewhat amusing to hear Gamow refer to the next generation of theoretical physicists (Feynman, Hoyle, etc.) as less promising than the previous…but was he right after all?
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Original publication date
1966
Physical description
205 p.; 7.32 inches
ISBN
880800824X / 9788808008244