Physics and Philosophy：The Revolution in Modern Science

作者 Werner Heisenberg著
出版社 HarperCollins
出版时间 2007年5月
ISBN 9780061209192
定价 140.00

内容简介

Theseminalworkbyoneofthemostimportantthinkersofthetwentiethcentury,PhysicsandPhilosophyisWernerHeisenberg'sconciseandaccessiblenarrativeoftherevolutioninmodernphysics,inwhichheplayedatoweringrole.Theoutgrowthofacelebratedlectureseries,thisbookremainsasrelevant,provocative,andfascinatingaswhenitwasfirstpublishedin1958.Abrilliantscientistwhoseideasalteredourperceptionoftheuniverse,Heisenbergisconsideredthefatherofquantumphysics;heismostfamousfortheUncertaintyPrinciple,whichstatesthatquantumparticlesdonotoccupyafixed,measurableposition.Hiscontributionsremainacornerstoneofcontemporaryphysicstheoryandapplication.

作者简介

AwinneroftheNobelPrize,WernerHeisenberg(1901–1976)wasborninWürzberg,Germany,andreceivedhisdoctorateintheoreticalphysicsfromtheUniversityofMunich.HebecamefamousforhisgroundbreakingUncertainty(orIndeterminacy)Principle.AfterWorldWarIIhewasnameddirectoroftheMaxPlanckInstituteforPhysicsandAstrophysics.