Greenspan, Nancy Thorndike.

The end of the certain world : the life and science of Max Born : the Nobel physicist who ignited the quantum revolution / Nancy Thorndike Greenspan. - New York : Basic Books, c2005. - x, 374 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-358) and index.

A kind of shell -- A higher desire -- Matters physical -- A bitter pill to swallow -- There is no other born in Germany -- Thinking hopelessly about Quanta -- But God does play dice -- Dark future -- Seeing how expendable you are -- Talking of desperate matters -- Worse than imagination -- There are so many ifs -- A curse of the age -- A trip to Stockholm.

0738206938 (alk. paper) 9780738206936 (alk. paper)

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Born, Max, 1882-1970.
Born, Max, 1882-1970.


Physicists--Germany--Biography.
Physiciens--Allemagne--Biographies.

QC16.B643 / G74 2005