ISBN10: 0674004396, ISBN13: 9780674004399, [publisher: Harvard University Press.] Softcover Planck, Max 1858-1947., Planck, Max. 0343325370, Physics, Biography, Planck, Max The dilemmas of an upright man : Max Planck and the fortunes of German science ; with a new afterword Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mas. ; London. 2000. 21 cm. xiii, 254 pages. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. J. L. Heilbron. Originally published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1986. With new afterword. Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-241) and index. Description based on print version record. Other format: ISBN: 0-674-00439-6. Contents 1 Establishing the World Picture 1 -- Planck's Formula 5 -- Reluctant Atomist 9 -- Enthusiastic Relativist 28 -- Concerned Pedagogue 32 -- 2 Defending the World Picture 47 -- Against Mach 47 -- In the Academy 60 -- In the War 69 -- Against Fate 81 -- 3 Doctor of Science 87 -- Of the Body 88 -- International Relations 100 -- Anti-Antirelativity 114 -- Of the Soul 122 -- 4 In Shipwreck 149 -- As Captain 155 -- As Chaplain 179 -- As Salvager 192 -- By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them 199 . ISBN: 0674004396 (=2984251=) PH167
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ISBN10: 0674004396, ISBN13: 9780674004399, [publisher: Harvard University Press] Softcover In this moving and eloquent portrait, Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German science. He shows how Planck suffered morally and intellectually as his lifelong habit of service to his country and to physics was con.
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