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Physics in My Generation

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  • © 1968

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Authors:
  1. Max Born
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Part of the book series: Heidelberg Science Library (HSL)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction to ‘Einstein’s Theory of Relativity’ (1921)

    • Max Born
    Pages 1-5

  3. Physical Aspects of Quantum Mechanics

    • Max Born
    Pages 6-12

  4. On the Meaning of Physical Theories

    • Max Born
    Pages 13-30

  5. Cause, Purpose and Economy in Natural Laws

    • Max Born
    Pages 31-52

  6. Einstein’s Statistical Theories

    • Max Born
    Pages 53-64

  7. Physics in the Last Fifty Years

    • Max Born
    Pages 65-77

  8. Is Classical Mechanics in Fact Deterministic?

    • Max Born
    Pages 78-83

  9. Astronomical Recollections

    • Max Born
    Pages 84-88

  10. Statistical Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

    • Max Born
    Pages 89-99

  11. Physics and Relativity

    • Max Born
    Pages 100-115

  12. Development and Essence of the Atomic Age

    • Max Born
    Pages 116-129

  13. A New Year’s Message

    • Max Born
    Pages 130-131

  14. Symbol and Reality

    • Max Born
    Pages 132-146

  15. What is Left to Hope for?

    • Max Born
    Pages 147-154

  16. In Memory of Einstein

    • Max Born
    Pages 155-165

  17. From the Postscript to ‘The Restless Universe’(1951)

    • Max Born
    Pages 166-172
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About this book

Professor Born, one of the most distinguished physicists of our time, has selected some of his most popular writings covering a period of thirty years, framed between his introduction to Einstein's Theory of Relativity (1921) and the postscript to the American edition of The Restless Universe (1951). It includes several discussions of Einstein's work, a short autobiography and articles dealing with the philosophical background of physics and its revolutionary changes during Professor Born's lifetime. Each treatment of a problem illuminates it from a different angle - all of them from a personal point of view.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Physics in My Generation

  • Authors: Max Born

  • Series Title: Heidelberg Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7587-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 1968

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-7587-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0073-1595

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: VII, 172

  • Additional Information: Original German edition published by Vieweg, Braunschweig, 1957

  • Topics: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics

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