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Atoms, Metaphors and Paradoxes : Niels Bohr and the Construction of a New Physics by Sandro Petruccioli (1993, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-10052140259X
ISBN-139780521402590
eBay Product ID (ePID)15038314332
Product Key Features
Number of Pages252 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAtoms, Metaphors and Paradoxes : Niels Bohr and the Construction of a New Physics
SubjectPhysics / Quantum Theory, Physics / General, Science & Technology
Publication Year1993
TypeTextbook
AuthorSandro Petruccioli
Subject AreaScience, Biography & Autobiography
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight18.1 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2007-271581
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"...the best overall treatment of the background to the doctrine of complementarity." Edward McKinnon, Isis, "The essays...are well written and well translated. Each has extensive endnotes and biliographic references. ...the book will be useful for advanced undergraduates doing research in this field. Libraries with extensive collections in the history and philosophy of science should seriously consider this work." Choice, "...well written and well translated...very useful name index and general index... will be useful for advanced undergraduates doing research in this field. Libraries with extensive collections in the history and philosophy of science should seriously consider this work." H.E. Wylen, "...the text is enlightening on several points, and offers some original analysis." Dennie Dieks, Mathematical Reviews, "...the text is enlightening on several points, and offers some original analysis."Dennie Dieks, Mathematical Reviews, "...the best overall treatment of the background to the doctrine of complementarity."Edward McKinnon, Isis, "...provides a clear insight for physicists and historians of science into how the established wisdom about the quantum world came about...Fascinating stuff..." John Gribbin, New Scientist
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal530.1209
Original LanguageEnglish
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. The paradigm of complementarity; 2. Atomic model and quantum hypotheses; 3. The principle of correspondence; 4. The theory of virtual oscillators; 5. The conceptual foundation of quantum mechanics; 6. The Bohr-Einstein confrontation: phenomena and physical reality; General bibliography; Name index; General index.
SynopsisThis book reexamines the birth of quantum mechanics, in particular examining the development of crucial and original insights of Bohr. In particular, it gives a detailed study of the development and the interpretation given to Bohr's Principle of Correspondence. It also describes the role that this principle played in guiding Bohr's research over the critical period from 1920 to 1927., This book gives a detailed study of Niels Bohr's Principle of Correspondence. It examines the development of crucial and original insights of Bohr during the birth of quantum mechanics in the 1920s and 1930s., This book gives a detailed study of the development and the interpretation given to Niels Bohr's Principle of Correspondence. It also describes the role that this principle played in guiding Bohr's research over the critical period from 1920 to 1927. Quantum mechanics, developed in the 1920s and 1930s by Bohr, Heisenberg, Born, Schrödinger and Dirac, represents one of the most profound turning points in science. This theory required a wholly new kind of physics in which many of the principles, concepts and models representing reality, that had formed the basis of classical physics since Galileo and Newton, had to be abandoned. This book re-examines the birth of quantum mechanics, in particular examining the development of crucial and original insights of Niels Bohr., This book examines the development of Niels Bohr’s crucial insights during the birth of quantum mechanics.
LC Classification NumberQC173.98 .P4813 1993
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