Niels Bohr: A Very Short Introduction

by J L Heilbron and J.L. Heilbron

Book Overview

Niels Bohr, who pioneered the quantum theory of the atom, had a broad conception of his obligations as a physicist. They included not only a responsibility for the consequences of his work for the wider society, but also a compulsion to apply the philosophy he deduced from his physics to improving ordinary people's understanding of the moral universe they inhabit. In some of these concerns Bohr resembled Einstein, although Einstein could not accept...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198819269
• ISBN13: 9780198819264
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.8"