Bøger af Finn Aaserud

Den danske videnskabs guldalder. Således betegnes perioden 1880-1950 i denne bog. Og med god ret. Ikke alene er tiden kendetegnet ved et stort antal usædvanlige begavelser, som fx Niels Bohr, August Krogh, Louis Hjelmslev, Harald Høffding og Jørgen Jørgensenen, men også ved en sjælden evne til dialog og syntese videnskaberne imellem - foruden en hel del opmærksomhed fra udlandet.  Ved at analysere samspillet imellem København og dets universitetet, samt videnskaberne indbyrdes, afdækker forfatterne bag denne antologi hermed et forsømt kapitel af Københavns historie, samtidig med de skriver et nyt af den danske videnskabshistorie. Antologien er dog ikke en afsluttet historie, men er i høj grad ment som en invitation til et nyt forskningsområde.

An important study for understanding the complex interconnections between basic science and its sources of economic support in the period between the two world wars. The focus of the study is on the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Copenhagen University, and the role of its director, the eminent Danish physicist Niels Bohr, in the funding and administration of the Institute.

Niels Bohr is generally regarded as one of the most influential physicists of the twentieth century. This title documents Bohr as a person and his efforts to explain quantum physics and its implications to physicists and non-physicists alike. It contains Bohr's many writings about his predecessors, teachers and colleagues, family and friends.

Presents the story of the political dedication and social responsibility of one of the major scientists of the twentieth century. This book documents Niels Bohr's other social and political activities, such as his long-time presidency in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and his promotion of the peaceful uses of atomic energy.