You are wrong, Mr. Einstein! : Newton, Einstein, Heisenberg and Feynman discussing quantum mechanics

Responsibility: Harald Fritzsch ; translated by Jeanne Rostant.
Uniform Title: Sie irren, Einstein. English
Imprint: New Jersey : World Scientific, c2011.
Physical description: xxi, 178 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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Author/Creator: Fritzsch, Harald, 1943-

Contents/Summary

Contents

Introduction
The Start of Quantum Theory
Atoms, Waves and Particles in Quantum Physics
The Quantum Oscillator
The Hydrogen Atom
The Spin - A New Quantum Number
Forces and Particles in Quantum Physics
The Periodic Table
Quantum Theory and the Relativity of Space and Time
Electrons and Photons
Colored Quarks and Gluons
Massive Neutrinos
The Masses of Particles
The Fundamental Constants of Nature.
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Publisher's summary

Werner Heisenberg and Richard Feynman find quantum physics fascinating and necessary for understanding the atoms. Albert Einstein dislikes it and Isaac Newton does not understand it, which is not surprising. This is the scenario for animated discussions between five people. Harald Fritzsch brings together Newton and the three great physicists of the 20th century in an imaginary meeting. His alter ego Adrian Haller moderates the discussions. By means of questions and answers the whole cosmos of quantum physics is described in a simple way, easily understandable non-physicists. The beginnings of quantum theory and atomic physics as well as the importance of quantum physics for our daily life - these and many more topics are the subjects of the interesting and fascinating discussions.
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