Max Planck Livres

Max Planck rédigea son Autobiographie scientifique en 1945, à quatre-vingt-sept ans. On y suit le long cheminement de sa découverte, depuis l'exploration patiente et en profondeur des principes de la thermodynamique, jusqu'au progressif éclaircissement de l'énigme physique, le rayonnement du corps noir, avec l'apparition des quanta. Quatre chapitres suivent l'Autobiographie scientifique : Les faux problèmes de la science, La Signification et les limites de la science, Le Concept de la causalité en physique, Science et religion, une conférence que Max Planck répéta plusieurs fois et qui est une manière de testament spirituel.

Written by the founder of quantum theory, a Nobel Prize winner, this classic volume is still recognized as among the best introductions to thermodynamics. It is a model of conciseness and logic, ideally suited to the needs of both students and research workers in physics and chemistry.Based on Planck's original papers, the book offers a uniform point of view for the entire field. Rejecting the earlier approaches of Helmholtz and Maxwell, Planck makes no assumptions regarding the nature of heat, but begins with only a few empirical facts from which he deduces new physical and chemical laws. He considers fundamental facts and definitions (temperature, molecular weight, quantity of heat), the first and second fundamental principles of thermodynamics (applications to homogeneous and non-homogeneous systems, proof, general deductions), and applications to special states of equilibrium (homogeneous systems, systems in various states of aggregation, system of any number of independent constituents, gaseous systems, dilute solutions, absolute value of the entropy, Nernst’s theorem). Throughout the book numerous examples are worked.

An engineer upsets the rigid social order of a medieval-level magical society as his attempts to return to our world amass him more power--and more enemies. The continuing adventures of Christopher Sinclair, mechanical engineer turned priest of war. Christopher is sent north to avenge the destruction of County Nordland, but murderous dragons and genocidal goblins are the least of his worries when his allies keep promising to kill him first. His advancement has not gone unnoticed, and even powers outside the realm show an interest in his career. As always, the price is high, and Christopher is not the only one who must pay.

Landmark lectures (1909) by Nobel Prize winner deal with application of quantum hypothesis to blackbody radiation, principle of least action, relativity theory, more. 1915 edition.

What makes this book by Max Planck - one of the fathers of modern physics (Nobel Prize in Physics 1918) - invaluable is that he presents his entire world view - from the nature of scientific theories (how "the world image," given by a scientific theory, relates to "the world of the senses") to the origin of scientific ideas to the growth of scientific knowledge to the role of causality in science to the interaction between science and philosophy and faith and even to the issue of why "a suitable planning of school teaching is one of the most important conditions of progress in science." A wide range of readers can benefit from reading this book - from experts and students in science and philosophy (who will be exposed to a world view that made Planck one of the greatest physicists of all time) to everyone interested in science and philosophy because the book is written for a wide audience.

In this classic of scientific literature, the Nobel Laureate and creator of the quantum revolution in modern physics brilliantly explores the ideas intrinsic to the study of physics. Planck presents his subject in a clear, simple style accessible not only to the scientific community but also to interested general readers.Originally written in 1925, Planck communicates the excitement felt in the scientific world at the onset of the quantum revolution. He concludes with an engrossing step-by-step narrative of how he developed his momentous quantum theory.