TY  - BOOK
AU  - Casimir,H.B.G.
AU  - Saris,Frans W.
TI  - Haphazard reality: half a century of science 
T2  - Amsterdam Academic Archive
SN  - 9789048511976
AV  - QC16.C36 A33 2010eb
U1  - 530/.092 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
KW  - Casimir, H. B. G.
KW  - Physicists
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - Biography
KW  - Physics
KW  - History
KW  - Technology
KW  - Physique
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Technologie
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Mechanics
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Science & Technology
KW  - Energy
KW  - MATHEMATICS
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Biographies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-348) and index; Contents; Preface to the Series; Author's Preface; Introduction; 1. Family Background and Schooldays; 2. Development of Physics; 3. Early Years at Leiden; 4. Copenhagen; 5. Berlin, Zürich, and back to Leiden; 6. Low Temperatures; 7. War Times; 8. Holst and the Philips research Laboratory; 9. Industry and Science After the Second World War; 10. The Science-Technology Spiral; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Bibliographical Notes; Index
N2  - Casimir, himself a famous physician, studied and worked with three great physicists of the twentieth century: Niels Bohr, Wolfgang Pauli and Paul Ehrenfest. In his autobiography, the brilliant theoretician lets the reader witness the revolution that led to quantum physics, whose influence on modern society turned out to be many times larger than the first atomic physicists could have imagined. Through his involvement in the technical-scientific and the business aspects of physics, through management positions at Philips Research Laboratory and as a member of the Board of Directors of Philips
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