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Helge Kastrup;
Helge Kastrup
Lecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,
University College Copenhagen
, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of Copenhagen
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Jeffry V. Mallow
Jeffry V. Mallow
Professor Emeritus of Physics,
Loyola University Chicago
, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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AIP Publishing LLC
ISBN electronic:
978-0-7354-2172-1
ISBN print:
978-0-7354-2173-8
Publication date:
2022
Einstein's Elevator and Other Marvels: Great Physicists and Their Achievements
By: Helge Kastrup, Jeffry V. Mallow
https://doi.org/10.1063/9780735421721
ISBN (print): 978-0-7354-2173-8
ISBN (electronic): 978-0-7354-2172-1
Publisher: AIP Publishing LLC
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Table of Contents
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Front MatterByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Part I: Classical Astronomy
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Chapter 1: Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. The Eyeballer and the AnalyzerByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 2: Caroline Herschel. Telescopes, Comets, and CatalogsByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Part II: Classical Physics
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Chapter 3: Galileo Galilei. Scientific Heavyweight, Political LightweightByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 4: Isaac Newton. Peerless PolymathByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Part III: Mathematical Physics
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Chapter 5: Emmy Noether. Mathematical Genius, Wrong GenderByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Part IV: Thermodynamics
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Chapter 6: Ludwig Boltzmann. You Can't Put the Toothpaste Back in the TubeByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Part V: Classical Electromagnetism
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Chapter 7: James Clerk Maxwell. T-Shirt ClichéByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Part VI: Relativity
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Chapter 8: Albert Einstein. Myth Buster: RelativityByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Part VII: Quantum Physics
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Chapter 9: Albert Einstein. Myth Buster Again: Quantum MechanicsByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 10: Niels Bohr. Rule BreakerByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 11: Louis de Broglie. WaviclesByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 12: Wolfgang Pauli. Spin and SarcasmByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 13: Erwin Schrödinger. It’s Not Just About the CatByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 14: Werner Heisenberg. UncertaintyByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 15: Paul A. M. Dirac. Matchmaker: Relativity and Quantum MechanicsByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 16: Eugene P. Wigner. Maestro of SymmetryByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 17: Lev D. Landau. The Smartest One in Almost Any RoomByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 18: Charles H. Townes. StimulantByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Part VIII: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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Chapter 19: Marie Skłodowska Curie (Madame Curie). One-Two PunchByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 20: Lise Meitner. Breaking Up the Nuclear FamilyByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 21: George Gamow. A Physicist in WonderlandByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 22: Enrico Fermi. Jack of Both TradesByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 23: Chien-Shung Wu. The Experimentalists' ExperimentalistByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 24: Maria Goeppert Mayer. Qualifications: Nobel Prize. Goal: Fulltime JobByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 25: John Archibald Wheeler. Brilliant Mind, Generous SpiritByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 26: Richard P. Feynman. The Safecracker Cracks Quantum ElectrodynamicsByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Part IX: Astrophysics
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Chapter 27: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. The Sky's the LimitByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 28: Margaret Burbidge. Against all OddsByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 29: Vera Rubin. Solver of Problems, Arcane and MundaneByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 30: Fred Hoyle. Actuary To the StarsByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 31: Stephen Hawking. Do Black Holes have Hair?ByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Chapter 32: Kip Thorne. The Gravity of the SituationByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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AfterwordByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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IndexByHelge Kastrup;Helge KastrupLecturer Emeritus, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics,University College Copenhagen, Lecturer, Mathematics, University of CopenhagenSearch for other works by this author on:Jeffry V. MallowJeffry V. MallowProfessor Emeritus of Physics,Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,USASearch for other works by this author on: