On Modern Physics [Hardcover] Werner and 50 similar items

Very Good Hardcover The Orion Press, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Well-kept copy, with clean pages and sound covers. Name stamp to front endpage. General wear to jacket, with closed on prear, fading and some scratches on front. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca Library. . Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: The revolution in modern physics and its repercussions in all fields of thought is the subject discussed in this book by four great European physicists: Werner Heisenberg, one of the founders of quantum mechanics and exponent of the "principle of uncertainty"; Erwin Schrodinger, who laid the basis of wave mechanics; Max Born, innovator and leader in many aspects of the new physics; and Pierre Auger, discoverer of the "Auger effect" in photoelectronics which is of basic importance to the study of atomic spectra. Format: import