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세상을 뒤집은 과학자들의 위대한 드라마!

현대물리학의 황금기였던 20세기 초, 플랑크부터 퀴리, 아인슈타인과 보어, 하이젠베르크까지 천재들의 놀라운 발견과 혁명의 순간!

“새로운 과학은 인류의 역사를 어떻게 바꿨는가?”

‘슈뢰딩거의 고양이’, ‘하이젠베르크의 불확정성 원리’, ‘보어의 상보성의 원리’ 등 과학사에 대해 잘 모르는 사람이라도 한 번쯤은 들어봤음직한 이 용어들은 현대물리학의 기초인 양자역학의 탄생과 발전 과정을 설명할 때 빠지지 않고 등장하는 말들이다. 양자역학(量子力學)은 미시 세계의 입자 및 입자의 무리가 어떠한 힘에 의해 어떻게 움직이는지를 다루는 학문으로 컴퓨터의 주요 부품인 반도체의 작동 원리를 비롯해 오늘날 우리 일상에 영향을 미치는 신기술들의 바탕이 되는 과학이다. 20세기 초, 아인슈타인은 ‘상대성원리’를 발견하여 고전물리학의 절대적인 시간과 공간 개념을 뒤흔들어 새로운 시간과 공간을 창안해냈다. 이 책은 20세기 과학사를 장식한 세계의 과학 지성들이 고전물리학의 한계를 타파하고 ‘상대성이론’과 ‘양자역학’으로 대표되는 현대물리학의 빛나는 성취를 만들어나가던 순간들을 담아낸 대중과학 논픽션이다. 촉망 받는 저널리스트인 저자는 당대 과학자들이 남긴 편지, 메모, 연구 논문, 저서 등을 토대로 1900~1945년에 질적인 변화를 이뤄낸 현대물리학의 역사를 한 편의 드라마처럼 흥미진진하게 풀어냈다. 그러나 빛이 찬란할수록 그림자는 짙은 법. 상대성이론과 양자역학의 시대는 전쟁의 광기가 몰아치던 시대와도 오버랩 된다. 과학이 역사를 바꾸기도 하지만, 역사가 과학의 쓰임을 정하기도 하던 시기, 이들의 놀라운 발견은 원자폭탄이라는 무시무시한 대재앙으로 연결되기도 했다. 그 누구도 자신들의 학문적 열정과 진리에의 탐구가 살상무기 제조에 쓰이기를 바라지는 않았을 터. 찬란하지만 어두웠으며, 동기와 결과가 일치하지 않았던 이 시절을 저자가 ‘불확실성의 시대’라고 명명하는 이유다. 현대물리학의 태동에서부터 황금기에 이르는 역사적 흐름을 한눈에 조망할 수 있게 되는 탁월한 교양과학서다.

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