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  • Uncertainty

  • Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science
  • Written by: David Lindley
  • Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
  • Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins

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Uncertainty

Written by: David Lindley
Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
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Publisher's Summary

Werner Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle" challenged centuries of scientific understanding, placed him in direct opposition to Albert Einstein, and put Niels Bohr in the middle of one of the most heated debates in scientific history. Heisenberg's theorem stated that there were physical limits to what we could know about sub-atomic particles; this "uncertainty" would have shocking implications.

In a riveting account, David Lindley captures this critical episode and explains one of the most important scientific discoveries in history, which has since transcended the boundaries of science and influenced everything from literary theory to television.

©2008 David Lindley (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

What the critics say

"Lindley brilliantly captures the personalities and the science surrounding the most revolutionary principle in modern physics. At stake are our deepest philosophical beliefs about reality. This book is so lucid that the issues are not merely understandable but truly thrilling." (Walter Isaacson)

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