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  • Establishing Quantum Physics in Berlin

    Einstein and the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics, 1917–1922

    by Hubert Goenner, Giuseppe Castagnetti ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book explores Albert Einstein’s move to Berlin and the establishment of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics under his directorship. Einstein’s call to Berlin was supported by a group of prominent physicists, including Fritz Haber, Walter Nernst, Max Planck, Heinrich Rubens, Emil Warburg, and the young astronomer Erwin Freundlich, in the expectation that Einstein and the institute would ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

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  • Einstein

    His Life and Universe

    by Walter Isaacson ...
    By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein.How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom.Based on newly released ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Beyond Uncertainty

    Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and The Bomb

    by David C. Cassidy ...
    "Exhaustively detailed yet eminently readable, this is an important book."Publishers Weekly, starred review"Cassidy does not so much exculpate Heisenberg as explain him, with a transparency that makes this biography a pleasure to read."Los Angeles Times"Well crafted and readable . . . [Cassidy] provides a nuanced and compelling account of Heisenberg's life."The Harvard Book ReviewIn 1992, David C. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Albert Einstein, The Human Side

    Glimpses from His Archives

    by Albert Einstein ...
    Modesty, humor, compassion, and wisdom are the traits most evident in this illuminating selection of personal papers from the Albert Einstein Archives. The illustrious physicist wrote as thoughtfully to an Ohio fifth-grader, distressed by her discovery that scientists classify humans as animals, as to a Colorado banker who asked whether Einstein believed in a personal God. Witty rhymes, an ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Nazi Science

    Myth, Truth, And The German Atomic Bomb

    by Mark Walker ...
    In this book, Mark Walker - a historical scholar of Nazi science - brings to light the overwhelming impact of Hitler's regime on science and, ultimately, on the pursuit of the German atomic bomb. Walker meticulously draws on hundreds of original documents to examine the role of German scientists in the rise and fall of the Third Reich. He investigates whether most German scientists during Hitler's ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A Tale of Seven Elements

    by Eric Scerri ...
    In 1913, English physicist Henry Moseley established an elegant method for "counting" the elements based on atomic number, ranging them from hydrogen (#1) to uranium (#92). It soon became clear, however, that seven elements were mysteriously missing from the lineup--seven elements unknown to science. In his well researched and engaging narrative, Eric Scerri presents the intriguing stories of ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Boltzmanns Atom

    The Great Debate That Launched A Revolution In Physics

    by David Lindley ...
    In 1900 many eminent scientists did not believe atoms existed, yet within just a few years the atomic century launched into history with an astonishing string of breakthroughs in physics that began with Albert Einstein and continues to this day. Before this explosive growth into the modern age took place, an all-but-forgotten genius strove for forty years to win acceptance for the atomic theory of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Schrödinger

    Life and Thought

    by Walter Moore ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    Erwin Schrödinger was a brilliant and charming Austrian, a great scientist, and a man with a passionate interest in people and ideas. In this, the first comprehensive biography of Schrödinger, Walter Moore draws upon recollections of Schrödinger's friends, family and colleagues, and on contemporary records, letters and diaries. Schrödinger's life is portrayed against the backdrop of Europe at a ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Harmony and Unity: The Life of Niels Bohr

    by Niels Blaedel ...
    “Blaedel has addressed himself to the task of writing a full-length biography that covers all facets of his subject and that emphasizes that they form part of one harmonious unity. I think that on the whole he has succeeded remarkably well. He gives an accurate picture of the man theorists of my generation both admired and loved. And not only of the physicist: Bohr’s relations with his family and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Lise Meitner

    A Life in Physics

    by Ruth Lewin Sime ...
    Series Book 11 - California Studies in the History of Science
    Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was a pioneer of nuclear physics and co-discoverer, with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, of nuclear fission. Braving the sexism of the scientific world, she joined the prestigious Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry and became a prominent member of the international physics community. Of Jewish origin, Meitner fled Nazi Germany for Stockholm in 1938 and later moved to ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Making Ammonia

    Fritz Haber, Walther Nernst, and the Nature of Scientific Discovery

    by Benjamin Johnson ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This Open Access book discusses the progress of science and the transfer of scientific knowledge to technological application. It also identifies the factors necessary to achieve this progress. Based on a case study of the physical chemist Fritz Haber's discovery of ammonia synthesis between 1903 and 1909, the book places Haber's work in historical and scientific (physicochemical) context. The ... Read more

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  • Fritz Haber: Chemist, Nobel Laureate, German, Jew

    by Dietrich Stoltzenberg ...
    This biography of Fritz Haber, now abridged by the author and translated into English, illuminates the life of one of the most gifted yet controversial figures of the twentieth century. Haber, a brilliant physical chemist, carried out pioneering research in electrochemistry and thermodynamics and won the Nobel Prize for his synthesis of ammonia, a process essential for synthetic fertilizer — and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD