The Second Creation
Makers of the Revolution in TwentiethCentury Physics by Robert P. Crease, Charles C. Mann (1986) Hardcover
by Robert P. Crease
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appears in Quantum Physics, Science, and Nonfiction.
The Second Creation is the intimate story of the decadeslong scientific quest for "unification," a theory that draws together all matter and energy, from the hottest supernovas to the whirring fragments of the atom. Based on scores of indepth interviews with such brilliant scientists as Max Planck, Erwin Schrodinger, Richard Feynman, Murray Gell...
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