By Abraham Pais
ISBN-10: 0198520484
ISBN-13: 9780198520481
ISBN-10: 0198520492
ISBN-13: 9780198520498
Abraham Pais, the acclaimed biogrpaher of Albert Einstein, right here strains Bohr's growth from his well-to-do origins in overdue nineteenth-century Denmark to his place at centre level on the planet political scene, fairly throughout the moment international warfare and the improvement of atomic weapons.
Pais' description strikes during the technological know-how because it was once ahead of Bohr, because it turned due to Bohr, and thence to Bohr's clinical and philosophical legacy. That legacy is contained either in thought because it is now universally enshrined, in addition to in its perform in such nice Danish associations as Riso. yet greater than that, Pais captures the essence of Bohr, the intensely inner most relations determine who, regardless of appalling own tragedy, turned essentially the most enjoyed cultural figures of recent
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