Quantum Dialogue ? The Making of a Revolution (Science & its Conceptual Foundations Series SCF)

Beller, Mara

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Language: English

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1999

0226041816 / 9780226041810

Series: Book 21 of 40 - Science and Its Conceptual Foundations

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Photos included in listing. About the book: "Science is rooted in conversations," wrote Werner Heisenberg, one of the twentieth century's great physicists. In Quantum Dialogue, Mara Beller shows that science is rooted not just in conversation but in disagreement, doubt, and uncertainty. She argues that it is precisely this culture of dialogue and controversy within the scientific community that fuels creativity. Beller draws her argument from her radical new reading of the history of the quantum revolution, especially the development of the Copenhagen interpretation. One of several competing approaches, this version succeeded largely due to the rhetorical skills of Niels Bohr and his colleagues. Using extensive archival research, Beller shows how Bohr and others marketed their views, misrepresenting and dismissing their opponents as "unreasonable" and championing their own not always coherent or well-supported position as "inevitable." Quantum Dialogue, winner of the 1999 Morris D. Forkosch Prize of the Journal of the History of Ideas, will fascinate everyone interested in how stories of "scientific revolutions" are constructed and "scientific consensus" achieved.

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Title
Quantum Dialogue ? The Making of a Revolution (Science & its Conceptual Foundations Series SCF)
Author
Beller, Mara
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication year
1999
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0226041816
ISBN 13
9780226041810
Edition
2nd Edition
Item weight
750 grams
Series
Book 21 of 40: Science and Its Conceptual Foundations
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Physics, Quantum Mechanics

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