{"product_id":"the-dilemmas-of-an-upright-man-9780674004399","title":"The Dilemmas of an Upright Man","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this moving and eloquent portrait, Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German science. He shows how Planck suffered morally and intellectually as his lifelong habit of service to his country and to physics was confronted by the realities of World War I and the brutalities of the Third Reich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn important book to which all students of science as a human institution should be referred… This story of a fruitful but ultimately tragic life is extremely well told and needs to be more widely known. -- John Ziman * Times Higher Education Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eHeilbron gives a very readable, and very balanced, account of the successes and disasters of this great physicist, without attempting to pass judgment. But the character of the man comes clearly through the narrative. -- Rudolf Peierls * New York Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating account of the life of one of the founders of modern physics. [Heilbron] takes every opportunity to draw parallels between the evolution of science and the social upheavals which accompanied the process. -- Tania Monteiro * New Scientist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dilemmas of an Upright Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a reissue of the life of Max Planck… Hollywood would title it \u003ci\u003eTriumph and Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e. Planck’s quantum theory transformed physics, but his career period was rocked by two world wars. He stayed in Nazi Germany throughout… Although he could have escaped, he wouldn’t leave. Some contemporaries found his obduracy hard to understand. * Science News *","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037256057175,"sku":"9780674004399","price":24.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674004399.jpg?v=1750935017","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-dilemmas-of-an-upright-man-9780674004399","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}