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The twentieth century was defined by physics. From the minds of the world's leading physicists there flowed a river of ideas that would transport mankind to the pinnacle of wonderment and to the very depths of human despair. This was a century that began with the certainties of absolute knowled...

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1. Verfasser: Baggott, J. E.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Zusammenfassung:The twentieth century was defined by physics. From the minds of the world's leading physicists there flowed a river of ideas that would transport mankind to the pinnacle of wonderment and to the very depths of human despair. This was a century that began with the certainties of absolute knowledge and ended with the knowledge of absolute uncertainty. It was a century in which physicists developed weapons with the capacity to destroy our reality, whilst at the same time denying us thepossibility that we can ever properly comprehend it. Almost everything we think we know about the nature of our w.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 469 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-447) and index.
ISBN:9780191604294
0191604291
1283117169
9781283117166
9786613117168
6613117161
0191604305
9780191604300

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