Schrödinger in Oxford

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"This book is an authoritative account of Erwin Schrödinger's in Magdalen College, Oxford in the 1930s drawn from many unpublished manuscripts, letters, and correspondences. It reveals in unprecedented detail the events leading up to Schrödinger's sudden departure from Berlin in 1933, his arrival in Oxford and award of the Nobel Prize, his dramatic escape from the Nazis in Austria to return to Oxford, and his urgent flight from Belgium to Dublin at the start of the Second World War. Schrödinger…

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Full title :Schrödinger in Oxford / David C Clary, University of Oxford, UK.

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"This book is an authoritative account of Erwin Schrödinger's in Magdalen College, Oxford in the 1930s drawn from many unpublished manuscripts, letters, and correspondences. It reveals in unprecedented detail the events leading up to Schrödinger's sudden departure from Berlin in 1933, his arrival in Oxford and award of the Nobel Prize, his dramatic escape from the Nazis in Austria to return to Oxford, and his urgent flight from Belgium to Dublin at the start of the Second World War. Schrödinger's intense interactions with other great scientists, as well as the President and Fellows of a highly traditional Oxford College, in the chaotic political atmosphere of the 1930s are a novel feature of the book"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2022

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Place of Publication:Singapore
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2022

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 403 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789811250002, 9811250006, 9789811251009, 9811251002
oclc:on1273915285
LC Classification:QC16.S265
Dewey Decimal:530.092

Schrödinger's breakthrough -- To Oxford and the Nobel Prize -- Life and work in Oxford -- Return to Austria and escape back to Oxford -- To Dublin and final days in Vienna -- Schrödinger's legacy.

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Austria Biographies England England -- Oxford Europe Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th cen… Europe -- Vie intellectuelle -- 20e siè… Intellectual life Magdalen College (University of Oxford) Oxford (England) -- Biography Physicists Physicists -- Biography -- Austria Physicists -- Biography. -- England Schrödinger, Erwin