THE DREAMS THAT STUFF IS MADE OF. The Most Astounding Papers on quantum Physics-and How They Shook the Scientific World. Edited, with an Introduction.

Hawking, Stephen (Editor).

ISBN 10: 0762434341 / ISBN 13: 9780762434343

Published by Running Press, Philadelphia PA 2011., 2011

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1st edition. 8vo. xi + 1071pp. Diagrams. Original boards. Pictorial purple d/w. lettered in white, some minor wear to edges. ISBN 9780762434343 US$29.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE DREAMS THAT STUFF IS MADE OF. The Most Astounding Papers on quantum Physics-and How They Shook the Scientific World. Edited, with an Introduction.
• Publisher: Running Press, Philadelphia PA 2011.
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762434341
• ISBN 13: 9780762434343
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • SCIENCE & NATURAL HISTORY

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Synopsis

"God does not play dice with the universe." So said Albert Einstein in response to the first discoveries that launched quantum physics, as they suggested a random universe that seemed to violate the laws of common sense. This 20th-century scientific revolution completely shattered Newtonian laws, inciting a crisis of thought that challenged scientists to think differently about matter and subatomic particles.The Dreams That Stuff Is Made Of compiles the essential works from the scientists who sparked the paradigm shift that changed the face of physics forever, pushing our understanding of the universe on to an entirely new level of comprehension. Gathered in this anthology is the scholarship that shocked and befuddled the scientific world, including works by Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, Erwin Schrodinger, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feynman, as well as an introduction by today's most celebrated scientist, Stephen Hawking.

About the Author

Stephen Hawking was one of the most highly celebrated and recognized scientists who has ever lived. He first came to mainstream prominence with the publication of A Brief History of Time, and followed with a second triumph, The Universe in a Nutshell, and most recently, The Grand Design. The media has called Hawking "the most intelligent man in the world today" and "the scientific heir to Einstein, Newton, and Galileo." He lived in Cambridge, England.