{"product_id":"too-big-for-a-single-mind-how-the-greatest-generation-of-physicists-uncovered-the-quantum-world-paperback","title":"Too Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists Uncovered the Quantum World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTobias H?ter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A new, exciting approach to the literature about this momentous era.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There may never be another era of science like the first half of the twentieth century, when a peerless cast of physicists--Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Max Planck, Wolfgang Pauli, and others--came together to uncover the quantum world, a concept so outrageous and contrary to traditional physics that its own founders rebelled against it until the equations held up and fundamentally changed our understanding of reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In page-turning chapters, Tobias H?ter takes us back to this momentous time in science history, when the creation of quantum theory demanded the combined efforts of friends and rivals, lovers and loners, straight-edged intellectuals and freethinking dreamers--and when, with the Nazis in pursuit of an atomic bomb, the stakes couldn't be higher. In this stirring, grand narrative, brought to life by letters, notes, research papers, diaries, and memoirs, we witness the birth of an idea that revolutionized both physics and our world at large and unleashed the profound and terrifying power of the atom--and that ultimately stands as a testament to the boundless potential of genius in collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTobias H?ter \u003c\/b\u003estudied mathematics and philosophy in Munich and Berkeley. He has written about science and philosophy for magazines and newspapers since 2000, including as an editor at \u003ci\u003eMIT Technology Review\u003c\/i\u003e and as cofounder of the philosophy magazine \u003ci\u003eHohe Luft\u003c\/i\u003e. Now a permanent freelance editor at \u003ci\u003eDie Zeit Magazin Wissen\u003c\/i\u003e, he lives in Munich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764566851872,"sku":"9781891011177","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8ee0a349048a09a0f61c49a7e131eee6.webp?v=1780252356","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/too-big-for-a-single-mind-how-the-greatest-generation-of-physicists-uncovered-the-quantum-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}