Quantum Dialogue: The Making of a Revolution

by Mara Beller

Book Overview

"Science is rooted in conversations," wrote Werner Heisenberg, one of the twentieth century's great physicists. In Quantum Dialogue, Mara Beller shows that science is rooted not just in conversation but in disagreement, doubt, and uncertainty. She argues that it is precisely this culture of dialogue and controversy within the scientific community that fuels creativity.

Beller draws her argument from her radical new reading of the history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226041816
• ISBN13: 9780226041810
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"