Uncertainty
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FIRST ANCHOR BOOKS EDITION, JANUARY 2008
Copyright © 2007 by David Lindley
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“Relativity” by D. H. Lawrence, from Pansies (London: M. Secker, 1929). © The Estate of Frieda Lawrence Ravagli. Reproduced by kind permission of Pollinger Limited and the proprietor.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lindley, David, 1956–
Uncertainty : Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the struggle for the soul of science / David Lindley.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Heisenberg uncertainty principle. 2. Physics—Philosophy. I. Title.
QC174.17.H4L56 2007
530.12—dc22
2006017029
eISBN: 978-0-307-38948-0
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