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Welcome to "The Uncertainties of Werner Heisenberg"
Welcome to "The Uncertainties of Werner Heisenberg"
This 5-week course will meet on Mondays at 3:00 pm, beginning February 12 and ending March 11 (note the later start and end). The reading and agenda for each session are shown in the webpages Week 1 to Week 5 (see black bar at the top).
For the course description click here.
Course Book:
Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
Anchor Books, 2000. ISBN-13: 978-0385720793
[The acclaimed play about the 1941 meeting between Bohr and Heisenberg]
Other Materials will be provided on this course website or by email links and attachments.
Syllabus (by class session)
Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen: Reading and Discussion
The early years of quantum mechanics and Heisenberg’s contributions (to 1927)
The rise of Nazism to the beginning of the war (1932 - 1939)
From the Discovery of Nuclear Fission to the Atomic Bomb (1938 - 1945)
After the war: Farm Hall and later years. Summary and conclusions
Update to the site (Feb. 7, 2024):
Update to the site (Feb. 7, 2024):
Page Videos of interest: Copenhagen (2002 film) – YouTube video (1:56:20). A television adaption of Michael Frayn's celebrated and award-winning stage play. The film starts at 10:31 after an introduction by MIchael Frayn; there is also an epilogue.
Supplementary Material (each with its separate webpage)
Supplementary Material (each with its separate webpage)
Updated Feb. 8, 2024
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