In spite of resting on a very different conceptual foundation, lorenz. Quantum einstein bohr and the great debate about the nature of reality. The first comprehensive onevolume history of twentiethcentury physics, the book takes us from the discovery of x rays in the mid1890s to superstring theory in. Kragh studied mathematics and physics at the university of copenhagen before obtaining his phd in 1981 at the university of roskilde.
Cosmology and controversy princeton university press. Philosophical aspects of scientific cosmology glencoe, ill free press. You could read this ebook niels bohr and the quantum atom. In the early phase of the new history of physics that emerged at about 1970 and was pioneered by john heilbron, thomas kuhn, paul forman, and others, the quantum and atomic theories of the first three decades of the twentieth century played a central role. Kraghs book is a fine example of an inspiring investigation in the. Helge kragh is currently considered a single author. Pdf on jan 1, 2010, klaus hentschel and others published helge kragh, dirac, a scientific biography find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The theory of atomic structure proposed by the young danish physicist niels bohr in 19 marked the true beginning of modern atomic and quantum physics. It is based extensively on unpublished sources, including diracs correspondence with bohr, heisenberg, pauli, schrodinger, gamow and others. His published work includes biographies of paul dirac, julius thomsen and ludvig lorenz, and the oxford handbook of the history of modern cosmology 2019 which he coedited with malcolm longair. Helge kragh is professor of the history of science at the university of aarhus, denmark, where his main field of research is the history of modern physical science. Helge stjernholm kragh is a danish historian of science. Helge stjernholm kragh born february, 1944 is a danish historian of science who focuses.
With this remarkably rapid change came a theory that would finally lend empirical support to many longheld beliefs about the origins and development of the entire universe. Pdf drawing on an enormous amount of mathematically challenging primary and secondary source material, helge kragh provides a panoramic overview of the genesis, development, and demise of the socalled old quantum theory that, for over a decade, guided physicists in their attempts to unravel the mysteries of atomic spectra and atomic structure. In quantum generations, helge kragh, one of the worlds leading historians of physics, presents a sweeping account of these extraordinary achievements of the past one hundred years. Bogens bog, hardback, brugt naturerkendelse og videnskabsteori af helge kragh kundernes boganmeldelser af naturerkendelse og videnskabsteori. It is a rich, erudite history of physics from the end of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth that is also informative and insightful about social, cultural, political, and institutional contexts. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. From transuranic to superheavy elements a story of. Ludvig lorenz and his nonmaxwellian electrical theory of. Entropic creation is the first englishlanguage book to consider the cultural and religious responses to the second law. At the same time it offers new insight into bohrs peculiar way of thinking, what einstein once called his unique instinct and tact.
Higher speculations by helge kragh overdrive rakuten. The origin itself may not be subject to scientific analysis and. Kraghs book is a fine example of an inspiring investigation in the history and philosophy of science. This first fulllength biography of paul adrien maurice dirac offers a comprehensive account of his physics in its historical context, including less known areas such as cosmology and classical electron theory. Buy quantum generations a history of physics in the. Helge kraghs most popular book is higher speculations.
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A history of physics in the twentieth century by helge kragh. This account presents these theories in their historical contexts, from littleknown hypotheses from the past to modern developments such as the theory of superstrings, the anthropic principle, and ideas of many universes, and uses them to problematize. Masters of the universe tells this fascinating story in an unusual format that blends factual and fictional elements. He is a professor at the centre for science studies of aarhus university. It is based on a series of interviews that a fictional person conducted with leading astronomers and physicists between 19 and 1965.
The nobel prize system and the astronomical sciences. Helge stjernholm kragh born february, 1944 is a danish historian of science who focuses on the development of 19th century physics, chemistry, and astronomy. Helge kragh has 28 books on goodreads with 2397 ratings. Historical and conceptual perspectives helge kragh abstract. Two years later, without appealing to the ether as a carrier of light waves, the danish physicist ludvig lorenz 18291891 independently published another electrical theory of light based on optical equations and the novel idea of retarded potentials. Grand theories and failed revolutions in physics and cosmology helge kragh oxford university press 2011. Varying gravity pdf helge kragh varying gravity diracs legacy in cosmology and geophysics. Tests the views and metaphor of 19thcentury utilitarian philosopher henry sidgwick against a variety of contemporary views on ethics, determining that they are defensible and thus providing a defense of objectivism in ethics and of hedonistic utilitarianism.
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Helge kragh varying gravity diracs legacy in cosmology. It offers a comprehensive account of bohrs ideas and the way they were modified by other physicists. Pdf the point of view of the universe download read. Ebook sciences math general, encyclopedias helge kragh. Contemporary history of cosmology and the controversy over the. Niels bohr and the quantum atom is the first book that focuses in detail on the birth and development of bohrs atomic theory and gives a comprehensive picture of it. In higher speculations helge kragh presents a dozen studies of research traditions which were or have been dominated by such approaches. There is no nobel prize in astronomy, and perhaps for this reason, historians of science have rarely examined the astronomical sciences from the. Kragh, helge, 1944publication date 1999 topics physics history 20th century publisher princeton, n. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Kraghs research interests are in the history of physics from the mid19th century onward, the history of astronomy, the history of cosmology and the history of chemistry, often with a preference for interdisciplinary fields such as cosmochemistry, physical chemistry or physical cosmology. From a modern perspective cosmology is a historical science in so far that it deals with the development of the universe since its origin some 14 billion years ago. Grand theories and failed revolutions in physics and.
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