Schrodinger by Walter J Moore

Schrodinger by Walter J Moore

Erwin Schroedinger was a brilliant Austrian, a great scientist, and a man with a passionate interest in people and ideas. This is a comprehensive biography, drawing on recollections of Schroedinger's friends, family and colleagues, and contemporary records, letters and diaries.

"It is an attempt to analyze a soul, and in that respect, it surpasses even `The Double Helix' by James Watson in its examination of the most visceral drives of a great scientist" The New York Times Book Review
"What is Life? That Schrödinger knew the answer, in more ways than one, is revealed to us in this biograpy." Nature
"This is the best book available today on the life and work of Schrödinger." Times Higher Education Supplement
"It is really two books in one: a clear, elegant and complete account of Schrödinger's scientific life and achievements, and a detailed and insightful account of Schrödinger's private life." Physics Today
"...a literate, readable biography accessible to scientists and humanists alike." American Historical Review
"It is very good on the science--sometimes too good--for it does not shirk detailed expositions of Schrödinger's theories." Observer
"An unusually thorough and competent scientific biography of one of the founders of 20th-century physical theory...an absorbing account of the social and scientific culture of Europe in the period after WWI." Choice
"...full and candid story." New York Review of Books
"The quality of this biography is outstanding, and it promises to be the key authority on the life of work of Erwin Schrödinger for years to come." Science Books and Films
"...a delightfully interesting and sympathetic view of a complex and multifaceted man....This book can be recommended as one of the best scientific biographies for how veridically and sympathetically it treats its difficult, complex subject." Perceptual and Motor Skills

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ISBN 13	9780521354349
ISBN 10	052135434X
Titel	Schrodinger
Autor	Walter J Moore
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1989-07-28
Seitenanzahl	528
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