The soul of genius : Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and the meeting that changed the course of scienc...
The soul of genius : Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and the meeting that changed the course of scienc...
The soul of genius : Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and the meeting that changed the course of science / Jeffrey Orens.
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New York, NY : Pegasus Books, Ltd, 2021.
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G 2021/1144
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pags of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- The First Solvay Conference: a new approach -- The intensity of Marie Curie -- Life partners -- The First Solvay Conference: science at a crossroads -- Solvay's search for a universal law -- Einstein's enigma -- The First Solvay Conference: assembly of genius -- Marie Curie's impossi...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Pegasus Books, Ltd, 2021.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2021.
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"In 1911, some of the greatest minds in science convened at the First Solvay Conference in Physics, a meeting like no other. Almost half of the attendees had won or would go on to win the Nobel Prize. Over the course of those few days, these minds began to realize that classical physics was about to give way to quantum theory, a seismic shift in...
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The soul of genius : Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and the meeting that changed the course of science / Jeffrey Orens.
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Includes bibliographical resources and index.
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G 2021/1144
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74VKazllKdrO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKazllKdrO
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ISBN
164313714X
9781643137148
DDC
530.11
MMS ID
991024403415702626
