Quantum
AuthorManjit Kumar
Cover artistGavin Morris
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience history
PublisherIcon Books in UK & Commonwealth nations

W. W. Norton & Company in United States

Hachette India in India
Publication date
October 16, 2008
Media typePrint (hardcover & paperback), audio player
Pages448 pp
ISBN978-93-80143-10-1 (Indian edition)
530.12

Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality is a science history book written by Manjit Kumar. It was released on October 16, 2008.

A. Piccard, E. Henriot, P. Ehrenfest, E. Herzen, Th. De Donder, E. Schrödinger, J.E. Verschaffelt, W. Pauli, W. Heisenberg, R.H. Fowler, L. Brillouin; P. Debye, M. Knudsen, W.L. Bragg, H.A. Kramers, P.A.M. Dirac, A.H. Compton, L. de Broglie, M. Born, N. Bohr; I. Langmuir, M. Planck, M. Curie, H.A. Lorentz, A. Einstein, P. Langevin, Ch. E. Guye, C.T.R. Wilson, O.W. Richardson Fifth conference participants, 1927. Institut International de Physique Solvay in Leopold Park. ImageAuguste PiccardÉmile Henriot (chemist)Paul EhrenfestÉdouard HerzenThéophile de DonderErwin SchrödingerJules-Émile VerschaffeltWolfgang PauliWerner HeisenbergR.H. FowlerLéon BrillouinPeter DebyeMartin KnudsenLawrence BraggHendrik Anthony KramersPaul DiracArthur ComptonLouis, 7th duc de BroglieMax BornNiels BohrIrving LangmuirMax PlanckMarie CurieHendrik LorentzAlbert EinsteinPaul LangevinCharles Eugene GuyeCharles Thomson Rees WilsonOwen Willans Richardson
The Fifth Solvay International Conference on Electrons and Photons in 1927.


Overview

He describes Einstein, Bohr and the "Great Debate about the Nature of Reality" that played out over a number of years, particularly at the Fifth Solvay International Conference on electrons and photons in 1927, where the physicists met to discuss the then newly formulated quantum theory. It narrates the life of some eminent physicists and their work and also gives a view of the environment of science at that time. It tells the life stories of Bohr, Einstein, Planck, Rutherford, Schrödinger, and others.

Reception

Quantum was number 1 on the Hindustan Times top 10 science books you should read in 2012.[1] Quantum had also been shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, 2009.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "Not the Best Books of 2011 list but..." Hindustan Times. December 30, 2011. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "Science and exploration dominate BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2009 shortlist". Samuel Johnson Prize. May 22, 2009. Archived from the original on February 15, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012.

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