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003			OCoLC
005			20240726104950.0
008			150331s2015 nyu ob 001 0beng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT _dNT
020			_a9780190219482 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aQC16 _b.P536 2015
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aBrown, Brandon R. _e1
245	1	0	_aPlanck : _bdriven by vision, broken by war / _cBrandon R. Brown.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)2015.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
520	2		_a"Planck's Law, an equation used by physicists to determine the radiation leaking from any object in the universe, was described by Albert Einstein as 'the basis of all twentieth-century physics.' Max Planck is credited with being the father of quantum theory, and his work laid the foundation for our modern understanding of matter and energetic processes. But Planck's story is not well known, especially in the United States. A German physicist working during the first half of the twentieth century, his library, personal journals, notebooks, and letters were all destroyed with his home in World War II. What remains, other than his contributions to science, are handwritten letters in German shorthand, and tributes from other scientists of the time, including his close friend Albert Einstein. In Planck : Driven by Vision, Broken by War, Brandon R. Brown interweaves the voices and writings of Planck, his family, and his contemporaries--with many passages appearing in English for the first time--to create a portrait of a groundbreaking physicist working in the midst of war. Planck spent much of his adult life grappling with the identity crisis of being an influential German with ideas that ran counter to his government. During the later part of his life, he survived bombings and battlefields, surgeries and blood transfusions, all the while performing his influential work amidst a violent and crumbling Nazi bureaucracy. When his son was accused of treason related to a bombing, Planck tried to use his standing as a German 'national treasure,' and wrote direct letters to Hitler to spare his son's life. Brown tells the story of Planck's friendship with the far more outspoken Albert Einstein, and shows how his work fits within the explosion of technology and science that occurred during his life. The story of a brilliant man living in a dangerous time, Brandon Brown gives Max Planck his rightful place in the history of science, and shows how war-torn Germany deeply impacted his life and work"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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505	0	0	_aOctober 1944 -- _tApril 1943 -- _tJune 1943 -- _tOctober 1943 -- _tDecember 1943 -- _tJanuary 1944 -- _tFebruary 1944 -- _tMarch 1944 -- _tMay 1944 -- _tJune 1944 -- _tJuly 1944 -- _tAugust 1944 -- _tNovember 1944 -- _tJanuary 1945 -- _tApril 1945 -- _tMay 1945 -- _tCoda: 1945-1947 -- _tAppendix.
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600	1	0	_aPlanck, Max, _d1858-1947.
650		0	_aPhysicists _zGermany _vBiography.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xScience _zGermany.
650		0	_aNational socialism and science.
600	1	0	_aPlanck, Max, _d1858-1947 _xFamily.
600	1	0	_aPlanck, Max, _d1858-1947 _xFriends and associates.
600	1	0	_aEinstein, Albert, _d1879-1955.
650		0	_aPhysics _zGermany _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aScience _zGermany _xHistory _y20th century.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=972513&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hQC. _m2015 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell