Quantenlicht

Four researchers and an incessant back-and-forth of ideas - a hundred years ago, a new science emerged that shattered the boundaries of imagination: quantum physics. Its protagonists: Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and Werner Heisenberg. They explored the inner workings of atoms and grappled with a seemingly simple question: What is light? At a time when electricity was first illuminating cities and cinema and photography were embarking on their triumphant journeys. Thomas de Padova brings to life the feverish quest for answers through the encounters of the researchers. What fueled their creativity? What ideas led them to wave-particle duality and the uncertainty principle? A captivating story about the joy of thinking, the glories and depths of the 1920s, and the dance on the atom.