Haphazard reality: half a century of science

Contents; Preface to the Series; Author's Preface; Introduction; 1. Family Background and Schooldays; 2. Development of Physics; 3. Early Years at Leiden; 4. Copenhagen; 5. Berlin, Zürich, and back to Leiden; 6. Low Temperatures; 7. War Times; 8. Holst and the Philips research Laboratory; 9. Industry and Science After the Second World War; 10. The Science-Technology Spiral; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Bibliographical Notes; Index.