Men Who Made New Physics

I finished reading this book on Monday. It is an excellent book that tells the stories of many physicists working during the prime era of physics. It starts with Rutherford's story about his rustic nature and how he used to work in his lab.

I was amazed by the story of Max Planck, and I have decided to keep Max Planck as an example of being organized and disciplined in life. Max Planck was very organized, it seems. He used to come to the lab almost at the same time every day, and he had set aside half an hour daily for learning piano. His work style was appreciated by many. Einstein and others respected and loved him, addressing him as "our Planck." Later, in Einstein's story, I learned that Einstein resigned from his post in Germany during the troubled Nazi era, knowing that it would fall upon Planck to make the decision of removing Einstein. Einstein understood that Planck would feel uncomfortable doing it. Einstein then moved to Princeton as the political situation in Germany worsened under Hitler.

One funny thing I can recall is that during one of the anti-Einstein meetings, Einstein was present in the audience and enjoying it.

Niels Bohr is another scientist we come to know in detail. He, along with Einstein, was one of the primary characters in this book. Bohr had established an institute where many young physicists loved to study and conduct experiments. Physicists who had been there felt it was a golden era.

The final topic is on Einstein and Bohr's debate. Einstein believed that there is an organized approach in God's design of the universe, whereas Bohr's point of argument (as I understood) was that we have not yet understood the organization of the universe enough to comment on it. Bohr was an athlete and used to go for short sprints between scientific discussions and debates, it seems. :-)

Many of my friends will enjoy this book. Jonathan gifted it to me while I was in college, and Kannapan feels this is one of the best books he has ever read.

I took some snaps of the middle-page pictures using my Nokia 6600.

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