Thirty Years That Shook Physics by George Gamow
The Story of Quantum Theory
An accessible and lively history of the quantum revolution from roughly 1900 to 1930, tracing how discoveries by Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and Dirac reshaped our understanding of matter and radiation. Blending biography, anecdote, and clear explanations, it introduces concepts such as quantization, wave–particle duality, the uncertainty principle, and atomic models, showing how bold ideas and experiments overturned classical physics and laid the foundations of modern science.
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- Published
- 1966
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 220-250
- Original Language
- English
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