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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Walter Moore |
ISBN: | 0521437679 9780521437677 |
OCLC Number: | 248316511 |
Description: | XI, 513 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme |
Contents: | 1. Family, childhood and youth; 2. University of Vienna; 3. Schroedinger at war; 4. From Vienna to Zurich; 5. Zurich; 6. Discovery of wave mechanics; 7. Berlin; 8. Exile in Oxford; 9. Graz; 10. Wartime Dublin; 11. Postwar Dublin; 12. Home to Vienna. |
Responsibility: | Walter Moore |
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"It is an attempt to analyze a soul, and in that respect, it surpasses even `The Double Helix' by James Watson in its examination of the most visceral drives of a great scientist." The New York Times Book Review "What is Life? That Schroedinger knew the answer, in more ways than one, is revealed to us in this biograpy." Nature "This is the best book available today on the life and work of Schroedinger." Times Higher Education Supplement "It is really two books in one: a clear, elegant and complete account of Schroedinger's scientific life and achievements, and a detailed and insightful account of Schroedinger's private life." Physics Today "...a literate, readable biography accessible to scientists and humanists alike." American Historical Review "It is very good on the science--sometimes too good--for it does not shirk detailed expositions of Schroedinger's theories." Observer "An unusually thorough and competent scientific biography of one of the founders of 20th-century physical theory...an absorbing account of the social and scientific culture of Europe in the period after WWI." Choice "...full and candid story." New York Review of Books "The quality of this biography is outstanding, and it promises to be the key authority on the life of work of Erwin Schroedinger for years to come." Science Books and Films "...a delightfully interesting and sympathetic view of a complex and multifaceted man....This book can be recommended as one of the best scientific biographies for how veridically and sympathetically it treats its difficult, complex subject." Perceptual and Motor Skills Read more...

