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John Stewart Bell and twentieth-century physics : vision and integrity / Andrew Whitaker, Department of Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Whitaker, Andrew, 1946-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
©2016
Description
xvi, 460 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Availability
Available Online
Oxford Scholarship - Oxford University Press: Physics
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Firestone Library - Stacks
QC16.B415 W45 2016
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Physicists
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Biography
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Quantum theory
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History
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20th century
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Bell, J. S. (John Stewart) 1928-1990
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Biographies
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Summary note
John Stewart Bell (1928-1990) was one of the most important figures in twentieth-century physics, famous for his work on the fundamental aspects of the century's most important theory, quantum mechanics. While the debate over quantum theory between the supremely famous physicists, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, appeared to have become sterile in the 1930s, Bell was able to revive it and to make crucial advances - Bell's Theorem or Bell's Inequalities. He was able to demonstrate a contradiction between quantum theory and essential elements of pre-quantum theory - locality and causality. The book gives a non-mathematical account of Bell's relatively impoverished upbringing in Belfast and his education. It describes his major contributions to quantum theory, but also his important work in the physics of accelerators, and nuclear and elementary particle physics. Book jacket.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-443) and index.
Contents
A tough start but a good one
The 1950s : progress on all fronts
The 1960s : the year of greatest success
The 1970s : interest increases
The 1980s : final achievements but final tragedies
The work continues
Work of the highest calibre and a fine life.
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9780198742999
0198742991
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2015956498
OCLC
941875078
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40026929599
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