A lively, fascinating biography of the father of quantum mechanics by the bestselling author of the science classic, "In Search of Schrodinger's Cat" Erwin Schrodinger, best known for his famous "Schrodinger's Cat" paradox, is one of the most famous physicists of the early twentieth century and a member of a new generation of quantum physicists, including Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac, and Niels Bohr. Yet Schrodinger's scientific discoveries only scratch the surface of what makes him so fascinating. More rumpled than Einstein, a devotee of eastern religion and philosophy, and infamous for his alternative lifestyle, his major contribution to physics - and the work for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1933 - was to some extent a disappointment to him. Regardless, Schrodinger's masterpiece became an important part of the new physics of his time. This book tells the story of Schrodinger's surprisingly colorful life during one of the most fertile and creative moments in the history of science. This is the first accessible, in-depth biography of the Nobel Prize - winning Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger. It takes you into the heart of the quantum revolution and explains the captivating world of quantum mechanics, which underpins all of modern science. It is written by bestselling author John Gribbin, one of today's greatest popular science writers whose other books include In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, In Search of the Multiverse, and Alone in the Universe.
0 有用 小豆子 2015-04-26 08:36:08
通过本书可对薛定谔的人生及量子物理有个大概了解。那个乱世真是人才辈出啊,连达尔文的孙子(也叫查尔斯·达尔文)都是薛定老的物理同事。
0 有用 南瓜糕 2015-01-21 10:29:28
作者行文条理清楚,文字也易读,对薛定谔个人生活的细节恰到好处地穿插在其人对量子物理和生物学的建树中。作为没读过薛定谔传记的人,笔者感觉此书不错。看罢不但增添了对“薛家”那猫以外的了解,也为继续囫囵吞些物理科普添柴加薪。
0 有用 小豆子 2015-04-26 08:36:08
通过本书可对薛定谔的人生及量子物理有个大概了解。那个乱世真是人才辈出啊,连达尔文的孙子(也叫查尔斯·达尔文)都是薛定老的物理同事。
0 有用 南瓜糕 2015-01-21 10:29:28
作者行文条理清楚,文字也易读,对薛定谔个人生活的细节恰到好处地穿插在其人对量子物理和生物学的建树中。作为没读过薛定谔传记的人,笔者感觉此书不错。看罢不但增添了对“薛家”那猫以外的了解,也为继续囫囵吞些物理科普添柴加薪。