The Conceptual Completion And The Extensions Of Quantum Mechanics 1932 1941 Epilogue Aspects Of The Further Development Of Quantum Theory 1942 1999

Author : Jagdish Mehra
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 948 pages
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Release : 2004-09-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387218052

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The Conceptual Completion and Extensions of Quantum Mechanics 1932-1941. Epilogue: Aspects of the Further Development of Quantum Theory 1942-1999 by Jagdish Mehra Pdf

Quantum Theory, together with the principles of special and general relativity, constitute a scientific revolution that has profoundly influenced the way in which we think about the universe and the fundamental forces that govern it. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is a definitive historical study of that scientific work and the human struggles that accompanied it from the beginning. Drawing upon such materials as the resources of the Archives for the History of Quantum Physics, the Niels Bohr Archives, and the archives and scientific correspondence of the principal quantum physicists, as well as Jagdish Mehra's personal discussions over many years with most of the architects of quantum theory, the authors have written a rigorous scientific history of quantum theory in a deeply human context. This multivolume work presents a rich account of an intellectual triumph: a unique analysis of the creative scientific process. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is science, history, and biography, all wrapped in the story of a great human enterprise. Its lessons will be an aid to those working in the sciences and humanities alike.

Author : Jagdish Mehra,Helmut Rechenberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 956 pages
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Release : 2001-06-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0387951822

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“The” Conceptual Completion and the Extensions of Quantum Mechanics 1932 - 1941 ; Epilogue: Aspects of the Further Development of Quantum Theory 1942 - 1999 by Jagdish Mehra,Helmut Rechenberg Pdf

Quantum Theory, together with the principles of special and general relativity, constitute a scientific revolution that has profoundly influenced the way in which we think about the universe and the fundamental forces that govern it. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is a definitive historical study of that scientific work and the human struggles that accompanied it from the beginning. Drawing upon such materials as the resources of the Archives for the History of Quantum Physics, the Niels Bohr Archives, and the archives and scientific correspondence of the principal quantum physicists, as well as Jagdish Mehra's personal discussions over many years with most of the architects of quantum theory, the authors have written a rigorous scientific history of quantum theory in a deeply human context. This multivolume work presents a rich account of an intellectual triumph: a unique analysis of the creative scientific process. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is science, history, and biography, all wrapped in the story of a great human enterprise. Its lessons will be an aid to those working in the sciences and humanities alike.||Comments by distinguished physicists on "The Historical Development of Quantum Theory":||"¿the most definitive work undertaken by anyone on this vast and most important development in the history of physics. Jagdish Mehra, trained in theoretical physics under Pauli, Heisenberg, and Dirac, pursued the vision of his youth to write about the historical and conceptual development of quantum theory in the 20th century¿This series of books on the HDQT has thus become the most authentic and permanent source of our knowledge of how quantum theory, its extensions and applications developed. My heartfelt congratulations."|-Hans A. Bethe, Nobel Laureate||"A thrilling and magnificent achievement!"|-Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, FRS, Nobel Laureate||"¿capture(s) precisely, accurately, and thoroughly the very essence and all the fundamental details of the theory, and that is a remarkable achievement¿I have greatly enjoyed reading these books and learned so many new things from them. This series of books will remain a permanent source of knowledge about the creation and development of quantum theory. Congratulations!"|-Paul A. Dirac, FRS, Nobel Laureate||"The wealth and accuracy of detail in 'The Historical Development of Quantum Theory' are breathtaking."|-Richard P. Feynman, Nobel Laureate

Author : Jagdish Mehra,Helmut Rechenberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 964 pages
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Release : 2000
Category : Quantum theory
ISBN : 0387950869

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The Conceptual Completion and Extensions of Quantum Mechanics 1932-1941. Epilogue: Aspects of the Further Development of Quantum Theory 1942-1999 by Jagdish Mehra,Helmut Rechenberg Pdf

Author : Jagdish Mehra
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1614 pages
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Release : 2001-04-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387950869

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The Conceptual Completion and Extensions of Quantum Mechanics 1932-1941. Epilogue: Aspects of the Further Development of Quantum Theory 1942-1999 by Jagdish Mehra Pdf

Quantum Theory, together with the principles of special and general relativity, constitute a scientific revolution that has profoundly influenced the way in which we think about the universe and the fundamental forces that govern it. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is a definitive historical study of that scientific work and the human struggles that accompanied it from the beginning. Drawing upon such materials as the resources of the Archives for the History of Quantum Physics, the Niels Bohr Archives, and the archives and scientific correspondence of the principal quantum physicists, as well as Jagdish Mehra's personal discussions over many years with most of the architects of quantum theory, the authors have written a rigorous scientific history of quantum theory in a deeply human context. This multivolume work presents a rich account of an intellectual triumph: a unique analysis of the creative scientific process. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is science, history, and biography, all wrapped in the story of a great human enterprise. Its lessons will be an aid to those working in the sciences and humanities alike.

Author : Anthony Duncan,Michel Janssen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 512 pages
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Release : 2019
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198845478

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Constructing Quantum Mechanics by Anthony Duncan,Michel Janssen Pdf

Constructing Quantum Mechanics is the first of two volumes on the genesis of quantum mechanics. It covers the key developments in the period 1900-1923, which provided the scaffold on which the arch of modern quantum mechanics was built. This volume traces the early contributions by Planck,Einstein, and Bohr to the theories of black-body radiation, specific heats, and spectroscopy, all showing the need for drastic changes to the physics of their day. It examines the efforts by Sommerfeld and others to provide a new theory, now known as the old quantum theory. After some strikinginitial successes (explaining the fine structure of hydrogen, X-ray spectra, and the Stark effect), the old quantum theory ran into serious difficulties (failing to provide consistent models for helium and the Zeeman effect) and eventually gave way to matrix and wave mechanics.The book breaks new ground, both in its treatment of the work of Sommerfeld and his associates, and also in its offering of new perspectives on classic papers by Planck, Einstein, and Bohr. Throughout this volume, the authors provide detailed reconstructions of the central arguments and derivationsof the physicists involved, allowing for a full and thorough understanding of the key principles.

Author : Prof Michel (Professor for History of Science Janssen, Professor for History of Science School of Physics and Astronomy Unversity of Minnesota),Professor for History of Science Michel Janssen,Prof Anthony (Professor of Physics Emeritus Duncan, Professor of Physics Emeritus University of Pittsburgh),Professor of Physics Emeritus Anthony Duncan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 817 pages
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Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Quantum theory
ISBN : 9780198883906

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Constructing Quantum Mechanics Volume 2 by Prof Michel (Professor for History of Science Janssen, Professor for History of Science School of Physics and Astronomy Unversity of Minnesota),Professor for History of Science Michel Janssen,Prof Anthony (Professor of Physics Emeritus Duncan, Professor of Physics Emeritus University of Pittsburgh),Professor of Physics Emeritus Anthony Duncan Pdf

This is the second of two volumes on the genesis of quantum mechanics in the first quarter of the 20th century. It covers the period 1923-1927. After covering some of the difficulties the old quantum theory had run into by the early 1920s as well as the discovery of the exclusion principle and electron spin, it traces the emergence of two forms of the new quantum mechanics, matrix mechanics and wave mechanics, in the years 1923-27. It then shows how the new theory took care of some of the failures of the old theory and put its successes on a more solid basis. Finally, it shows how in 1927 the two forms of the new theory were unified, first through statistical transformation theory, then through the Hilbert space formalism. This volume provides a detailed analysis of the classic papers by Heisenberg, Born, Jordan, Dirac, De Broglie, Einstein, Schrödinger, von Neumann and other authors. Drawing on the correspondence of these and other physicists, their later reminiscences and the extensive secondary literature on the "quantum revolution", this volume places these papers in the context of the discussions out of which modern quantum mechanics emerged. It argues that the genesis of modern quantum mechanics can be seen as the construction of an arch on a scaffold provided by the old quantum theory, discarded once the arch could support itself.

Author : Malcolm Longair
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107310919

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Quantum Concepts in Physics by Malcolm Longair Pdf

Written for advanced undergraduates, physicists, and historians and philosophers of physics, this book tells the story of the development of our understanding of quantum phenomena through the extraordinary years of the first three decades of the twentieth century. Rather than following the standard axiomatic approach, this book adopts a historical perspective, explaining clearly and authoritatively how pioneers such as Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Pauli and Dirac developed the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and merged them into a coherent theory, and why the mathematical infrastructure of quantum mechanics has to be as complex as it is. The author creates a compelling narrative, providing a remarkable example of how physics and mathematics work in practice. The book encourages an enhanced appreciation of the interaction between mathematics, theory and experiment, helping the reader gain a deeper understanding of the development and content of quantum mechanics than any other text at this level.

Author : Stephen Myers,Oliver Bruning
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814436410

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Challenges And Goals For Accelerators In The Xxi Century by Stephen Myers,Oliver Bruning Pdf

The past 100 years of accelerator-based research have led the field from first insights into the structure of atoms to the development and confirmation of the Standard Model of physics. Accelerators have been a key tool in developing our understanding of the elementary particles and the forces that govern their interactions. This book describes the past 100 years of accelerator development with a special focus on the technological advancements in the field, the connection of the various accelerator projects to key developments and discoveries in the Standard Model, how accelerator technologies open the door to other applications in medicine and industry, and finally presents an outlook of future accelerator projects for the coming decades.

Author : Jagdish Mehra,Helmut Rechenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Quantum theory
ISBN : UCSD:31822031150485

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The Completion of Quantum Mechanics, 1926-1941 by Jagdish Mehra,Helmut Rechenberg Pdf

Author : Jagdish Mehra
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1614 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387950869

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The Conceptual Completion and Extensions of Quantum Mechanics 1932-1941. Epilogue: Aspects of the Further Development of Quantum Theory 1942-1999 by Jagdish Mehra Pdf

Quantum Theory, together with the principles of special and general relativity, constitute a scientific revolution that has profoundly influenced the way in which we think about the universe and the fundamental forces that govern it. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is a definitive historical study of that scientific work and the human struggles that accompanied it from the beginning. Drawing upon such materials as the resources of the Archives for the History of Quantum Physics, the Niels Bohr Archives, and the archives and scientific correspondence of the principal quantum physicists, as well as Jagdish Mehra's personal discussions over many years with most of the architects of quantum theory, the authors have written a rigorous scientific history of quantum theory in a deeply human context. This multivolume work presents a rich account of an intellectual triumph: a unique analysis of the creative scientific process. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is science, history, and biography, all wrapped in the story of a great human enterprise. Its lessons will be an aid to those working in the sciences and humanities alike.

Author : Jagdish Mehra,Helmut Rechenberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000-12-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387951776

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The Historical Development of Quantum Theory by Jagdish Mehra,Helmut Rechenberg Pdf

Quantum Theory, together with the principles of special and general relativity, constitute a scientific revolution that has profoundly influenced the way in which we think about the universe and the fundamental forces that govern it. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is a definitive historical study of that scientific work and the human struggles that accompanied it from the beginning. Drawing upon such materials as the resources of the Archives for the History of Quantum Physics, the Niels Bohr Archives, and the archives and scientific correspondence of the principal quantum physicists, as well as Jagdish Mehra's personal discussions over many years with most of the architects of quantum theory, the authors have written a rigorous scientific history of quantum theory in a deeply human context. This multivolume work presents a rich account of an intellectual triumph: a unique analysis of the creative scientific process. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is science, history, and biography, all wrapped in the story of a great human enterprise. Its lessons will be an aid to those working in the sciences and humanities alike.

Author : Max Jammer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Quantum theory
ISBN : MINN:319510004945528

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The Conceptual Development of Quantum Mechanics by Max Jammer Pdf

"... no comprehensive scholarly study of the conceptual development of quantum mechanics has heretofore appeared. The popular or semiscientific publications available hardly skim the surface of the subject ... The publication ... seems therefore to fill an important lacuna in the literature on the history and philosophy of physics." -- Pref.

Author : Jagdish Mehra,Helmut Rechenberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000-12-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387951784

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The Historical Development of Quantum Theory by Jagdish Mehra,Helmut Rechenberg Pdf

Quantum Theory, together with the principles of special and general relativity, constitute a scientific revolution that has profoundly influenced the way in which we think about the universe and the fundamental forces that govern it. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is a definitive historical study of that scientific work and the human struggles that accompanied it from the beginning. Drawing upon such materials as the resources of the Archives for the History of Quantum Physics, the Niels Bohr Archives, and the archives and scientific correspondence of the principal quantum physicists, as well as Jagdish Mehra's personal discussions over many years with most of the architects of quantum theory, the authors have written a rigorous scientific history of quantum theory in a deeply human context. This multivolume work presents a rich account of an intellectual triumph: a unique analysis of the creative scientific process. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is science, history, and biography, all wrapped in the story of a great human enterprise. Its lessons will be an aid to those working in the sciences and humanities alike.

Author : J. Kalckar
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080871046

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Foundations of Quantum Physics I (1926 - 1932) by J. Kalckar Pdf

Foundations of Quantum Physics I (1926 - 1932)

Author : Claudio Garola,Arcangelo Rossi
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000-05-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814493383

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Foundations Of Quantum Mechanics, The: Historical Analysis And Open Questions by Claudio Garola,Arcangelo Rossi Pdf

This volume provides a sample of the present research on the foundations of quantum mechanics and related topics by collecting the papers of the Italian scholars who attended the conference entitled “The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics — Historical Analysis and Open Questions” (Lecce, 1998). The perspective of the book is interdisciplinary, and hence philosophical, historical and technical papers are gathered together so as to allow the reader to compare different viewpoints and cultural approaches. Most of the papers confront, directly or indirectly, the objectivity problem, taking into account the positions of the founders of QM or more recent developments. More specifically, the technical papers in the book pay special attention to the interpretation of the experiments on Bell's inequalities and to decoherence theory, but topics on unsharp QM, the consistent-history approach, quantum probability and alternative theories are also discussed. Furthermore, a number of historical and philosophical papers are devoted to Planck's, Weyl's and Pauli's thought, but topics such as quantum ontology, predictivity of quantum laws, etc., are treated.