The soul of genius : Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and the meeting that changed the course of science /

"In 1911, some of the greatest minds in science convened at the First Solvay Conference in Physics, a meeting like no other. Almost half of the attendees had won or would go on to win the Nobel Prize. Over the course of those few days, these minds began to realize that classical physics was a...

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Main Author: Orens, Jeffrey (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
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Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Pegasus Books, Ltd, 2021
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505 0 |a Introduction -- The First Solvay Conference: a new approach -- The intensity of Marie Curie -- Life partners -- The First Solvay Conference: science at a crossroads -- Solvay's search for a universal law -- Einstein's enigma -- The First Solvay Conference: assembly of genius -- Marie Curie's impossible dream -- Action and reaction -- A different dimension -- After the war -- Epilogue: Follow the science 
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