Walter Thirring's reflections on his life are extremely interesting in all respects, both historical and scientific. Indeed, it is difficult Moving on, the scientific advances of the 20th century would not have been possible without the abstract mathematical concepts developed in the 19th century or technological breakthroughs such as the invention of the vacuum pump, which paved the way for the study of all gas-discharge experiments and led to the discovery of X-rays and the electron. Logan connects these and other discoveries very naturally, claiming along the way that the distinction between physics and chemistry is artificial and a "historic accident".
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