Physics Bulletin

Physics in My Generation

F. I. G. RAWLINS

Published Nov 1, 1956• 0 citations

Abstract

By Max Born London : Pergamon Press Ltd. Pp. 232 + viii Price 40s. Briefly and broadly, this book is the theoretical physics of the first half of the present century. Its glances are cast both fore and aft, but its aim is perfectly steady, namely to describe the transformation of the majestic subject of natural philosophy from a concept governed by mechanical models and deterministic laws to one expressible only in terms of probabilities and mathematical abstractions.

DOI: 10.1088/0031-9112/7/11/006

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