"Intriguing and well-written."--The Wall Street Journal The epic story of how, amid two world wars, history's greatest physicists redefined the universe and the reality we live in
"Intriguing and well-written."--The Wall Street Journal The epic story of how, amid two world wars, history's greatest physicists redefined the universe and the reality we live in
Tobias Hürter studied mathematics and philosophy in Munich and Berkeley. He has written about science and philosophy for magazines and newspapers since 2000, including as an editor at MIT Technology Review and as cofounder of the philosophy magazine Hohe Luft. Now a permanent freelance editor at Die Zeit Magazin Wissen, he lives in Munich. Translator David Shaw works as a journalist for Germany’s international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, and translates from several languages, including German, Dutch, Russian, and French. He lives in Berlin.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents:
Prologue
Paris, 1903: Cracks begin to appear Berlin, 1900: An act of desperation Bern, 1905: The patent serf Paris, 1906: The decline and fall of Pierre Curie Berlin, 1908: The end of the flying cigars Prague, 1911: Einstein says it with flowers Cambridge, 1911: A Dane grows up The North Atlantic, 1912: The sinking of infallibility Munich, 1913: A painter moves to Munich Munich, 1914: On tour with the atom Berlin, 1915: Good at theory, bad at relationships Germany, 1916: War and peace Berlin, 1917: Einstein breaks down Berlin, 1918: Pandemic The Caribbean, 1919: The moon obscures the sun Munich, 1919: A young man reads Plato Berlin, 1920: Great minds meet Göttingen, 1922: A son finds his father Munich, 1923: A high-flier almost crashes Copenhagen, 1923: Bohr and Einstein take the tram Copenhagen, 1924: One last try Paris, 1924: A prince makes atoms sing Heligoland, 1925: The vastness of the sea and the tininess of atoms Cambridge, 1925: The quiet genius Leiden, 1925: The prophet of spin Arosa, 1925: A late erotic outburst Copenhagen, 1926: Waves and particles Berlin, 1926: A visit with the demigods Berlin, 1926: The Plancks throw a party Göttingen, 1926: The abolition of reality Munich, 1926: A turf war Copenhagen, 1926: Exquisitely carved marble statues falling out of the sky Copenhagen, 1926: A game with sharpened knives Copenhagen, 1927: The world goes fuzzy Como, 1927: Dress rehearsal Brussels, 1927: The great debate Berlin, 1930: Germany flourishes, Einstein falls ill Brussels, 1930: K.O. in the second round Zurich, 1931: Pauli’s dreams Copenhagen, 1932: Faust in Copenhagen Berlin, 1933: Some flee, some stay Amsterdam, 1933: A sad end Oxford, 1935: The cat that isn’t there Princeton, 1935: Einstein puts the world back in focus Garmisch, 1935: Dirty snow Moscow, 1937: On the other side Berlin, 1938: Bursting nuclei The Atlantic, 1939: Terrible news Copenhagen, 1941: Estrangement Berlin, 1942: No bomb for Hitler Stockholm, 1943: Flight Princeton, 1943: Einstein mellows England, 1945: The impact of the explosion
Paris, 1903: Cracks begin to appear Berlin, 1900: An act of desperation Bern, 1905: The patent serf Paris, 1906: The decline and fall of Pierre Curie Berlin, 1908: The end of the flying cigars Prague, 1911: Einstein says it with flowers Cambridge, 1911: A Dane grows up The North Atlantic, 1912: The sinking of infallibility Munich, 1913: A painter moves to Munich Munich, 1914: On tour with the atom Berlin, 1915: Good at theory, bad at relationships Germany, 1916: War and peace Berlin, 1917: Einstein breaks down Berlin, 1918: Pandemic The Caribbean, 1919: The moon obscures the sun Munich, 1919: A young man reads Plato Berlin, 1920: Great minds meet Göttingen, 1922: A son finds his father Munich, 1923: A high-flier almost crashes Copenhagen, 1923: Bohr and Einstein take the tram Copenhagen, 1924: One last try Paris, 1924: A prince makes atoms sing Heligoland, 1925: The vastness of the sea and the tininess of atoms Cambridge, 1925: The quiet genius Leiden, 1925: The prophet of spin Arosa, 1925: A late erotic outburst Copenhagen, 1926: Waves and particles Berlin, 1926: A visit with the demigods Berlin, 1926: The Plancks throw a party Göttingen, 1926: The abolition of reality Munich, 1926: A turf war Copenhagen, 1926: Exquisitely carved marble statues falling out of the sky Copenhagen, 1926: A game with sharpened knives Copenhagen, 1927: The world goes fuzzy Como, 1927: Dress rehearsal Brussels, 1927: The great debate Berlin, 1930: Germany flourishes, Einstein falls ill Brussels, 1930: K.O. in the second round Zurich, 1931: Pauli’s dreams Copenhagen, 1932: Faust in Copenhagen Berlin, 1933: Some flee, some stay Amsterdam, 1933: A sad end Oxford, 1935: The cat that isn’t there Princeton, 1935: Einstein puts the world back in focus Garmisch, 1935: Dirty snow Moscow, 1937: On the other side Berlin, 1938: Bursting nuclei The Atlantic, 1939: Terrible news Copenhagen, 1941: Estrangement Berlin, 1942: No bomb for Hitler Stockholm, 1943: Flight Princeton, 1943: Einstein mellows England, 1945: The impact of the explosion
Epilogue
Index
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