On Modern Physics1961

The book is an English translation of an Italian translation of original talks in German, or of the French translation of the German original (one case, the Born lecture)...

The public lectures were given at three different Rencontres internationales de Genève in 1952, 1957 and 1958, as follows [chronological order]:

• Erwin Schrödinger, 1952, delivered in German, published in original German plus a French summary, as 'Unsere Vorstellung von der Materie', in Rencontres internationales de Genève vol. 7, L'Homme devant la science, Les Éditions de la Baconnière, Neuchâtel, 1952, pp. 31-54.
• Pierre Auger, 1952, delivered and published in French as 'Les méthodes et les limites de la connaissance scientifique.' at the same conference/same publication as Schrödinger's, pp.55-80. *...