Haphazard reality: Half a century of science (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation series)

By H.B.G. Casimir

Book Overview

Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir (1909-2000), a Dutch physicist best known for his research on the two-fluid model of superconductors and the Casimir effect, studied theoretical physics under Paul... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060150289
• ISBN13: 9780060150280
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.

Customer Reviews

description of physics in this century

Prof. Casimir describes the life and personnage of many very important theoretical physicists, mostly through his personal experiences. He describes the physical society in the realization of modern quantum physics. Then, Prof. Casimir described more applied subjects from this physics and about his work at the outstanding Philips Pysics laboratories. The book is easy readible, even for non-physicists, and gives a good idea of the life of truely devoted physicists and the changes in society.