Authors: Walter Isaacson
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see also
quantum mechanics; relativity; unified field theory
“Physics and Reality” (Einstein),
462
–63
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette,
469
Pity of It All, The
(Elon),
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Planck, Max,
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–8,
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549
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576
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Planck medal,
348
Planck’s constant
(h),
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–96,
99
,
155
,
157
,
327
,
331
planetary orbits,
199
,
212
,
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–19,
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250
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593
n
–94
n
Plesch, Janos,
357
–58
Podolsky, Boris,
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–60,
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–26
n
Poincaré, Henri,
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–77,
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330
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550
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Poland,
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polonium,
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Poor, Charles,
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Popovi
, Milan,
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positivism,
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460
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n
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627
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Postal and Telegraph Building (Bern),
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postulates,
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–22,
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potential energy,
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Prague, University of,
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–77,
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,
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,
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“Present State of the Problem of
Specific Heats, The” (Einstein),
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–71
Princeton Country Day School,
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Princeton Hospital,
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,
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,
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Princeton University,
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Principia
(Newton),
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Principles of Human Knowledge
(Berkeley),
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n
privatdozent
appointments,
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probability,
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Prolegomena
(Kant),
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Proust, Marcel,
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Prussian Academy of Sciences,
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250
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321
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–7,
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,
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psi-functions,
457
–58
Ptolemy,
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Pueblo
(Colorado)
Star-Journal,
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Pugwash Conferences,
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Pythagoras,
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quantum mechanics,
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Bohr’s contributions to,
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complementarity in,
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Copenhagen interpretation of,
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Einstein’s contributions to,
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Einstein’s criticism of,
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fixed states in,
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locality principle in,
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mass in,
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physical reality in,
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probability in,
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psi-functions in,
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relativity compared with,
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“Schrödinger’s cat” and,
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statistical calculations for,
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of subatomic particles,
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sum-over-histories approach to,
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