LINKS
Don't miss this cartoon, "Lil' Werner" by Aaron Diaz.
Hear Hans Bethe talk briefly about Bohr and quantum mechanics. And here's a set of Bethe lectures: personal perspectives on quantum physics (video or audio)
A 14-page essay on the Origins of Quantum Theory by Cathryn Carson (PDF)
A biography of Max Planck, who originated quantum theory.
There are many good places on the Web explaining the physics, for example:
Todd's Intro to Quantum Mechanics A well-illustrated introduction.
Some
Basic Ideas About Quantum Mechanics A brief summary.
What
Is Quantum Theory About? Another brief summary.
Visual Quantum Mechanics
A more thorough explanation.
Measurement in Quantum
Mechanics FAQ summary on the measurement problem.
Philosophy
of the Uncertainty Principle Technical discussion from Stanford's
Encyclopedia of Philosophy; see also their Quantum
Mechanics article for advanced students.
POPULAR BOOKS
Gribbin, John, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat (London: Bantam, 1984).
Gribbin, John, Schrödinger's Kittens (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995).
Moore, Walter, Schrödinger: Life and Thought (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989).
Cassidy, David, "Heisenberg, Uncertainty and the Quantum Revolution." Scientific American, 266 (May 1992), 106-112.
Cassidy, David, Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg (New York: W.H. Freeman, 1992), chapter 12.
Technical
Jammer, Max, The Conceptual Development of Quantum Mechanics (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966), chapters 5-7.
Jammer, Max, The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1974).
Mehra, Jagdish and Helmut Rechenberg, The Historical Development of Quantum Theory (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1982), volumes 4, 5.
Pais, Abraham. 'Subtle is the Lord...' The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1982), pp. 440-449.
Triumph of the Copenhagen Interpretation
The Uncertainty Principle
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