The Quantum Moment: How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty
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Robert P. Crease., Robert P. Crease|AUTHOR., Alfred Scharff Goldhaber|AUTHOR., & Sean Runnette|READER. (2015). The Quantum Moment: How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty . Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Robert P. Crease et al.. 2015. The Quantum Moment: How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty. Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Robert P. Crease et al.. The Quantum Moment: How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty Blackstone Publishing, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Robert P. Crease, Robert P. Crease|AUTHOR, Alfred Scharff Goldhaber|AUTHOR, and Sean Runnette|READER. The Quantum Moment: How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty Blackstone Publishing, 2015.
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Full title | quantum moment how planck bohr einstein and heisenberg taught us to love uncertainty |
Author | crease robert p |
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