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HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY 0F SCIENCE
QUANTUM GENERATIONS
A HISTORY 0F PHYSICS IN
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
HELGE KRAGH
At tlE end Of the nineteenth century. some physicists
believed that the basic p-inciples underlying their subject
were already known, and that physics in the future would
only consist Of filling in details. They could hardly have
mcy-e wrong. The prust century has seen the rise Of
quantum mechanies. relativity, cosmology, particle physics,
aMI condenscd•matter physics. among other fields. These
subjects have fundamentally changed our understanding Of
space. time, and matter. They have also transformed daily
life. inspiring a technological revolution that has included
the &velopment Of radio, television. lasers,.nuclear power,
and computers. In Quantum Generations. Helge Kragh. one
Of the world•s Ieading historians Of physics. presents a
sweeping account Of these extraordinary achievements Of
the one hundred years.
"A readable and enormously valuable book."
—Graham Farmelo, Nature
'Tis book is an ambitious one-volume history, the first
comprehensive textbOOk to address most Of the significant
asrrcts in the intellectual history Of twentieth•century
physics. Kragh' s achievement... is quite remarkable.
An indisFnsabIe resource."
—Diana Barkan, Physics World
"Neither a academic work a mere populariza-
tithl. Kragh's tome lis al synthetic, deeply detailed. and
carefully explained survey.... lt's an impressive reference
Work. and a serious. rewarding read."
—Publishers Weekly
"A sweeping survey.... Mr. Kragh's is wide-
ranging, studiously researched, and 'Ä)mprehensive."
—Economist
HELGE K RAGH is Professor Of History Of Science
at Aarhus University, Denmark. His previous include
An Introduction to rhe Historiography Of Science, Dirac:
A Sciemific Biography, and Cosmology and Controversy:
The Historical Development Of TWO Theories Of the Universe
(Princeton).
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