The story of spin
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書誌事項
The story of spin
University of Chicago Press, 1997
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Supin wa meguru
スピンはめぐる
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-246) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
All atomic particles have a particular "spin," analogous to the rotation of the earth about its axis. Simple as spin may sound, the quantum mechanical reality underlying it is complex and still poorly understood. Yet this mysterious quality and the statistics associated with it have vast practical importance to topics as wide-ranging as the stability of atoms and stars and magnetic resonance imaging. Originally published in 1974, Sin-Itiro Tomonaga's "The Story of Spin" is an accessible treatment of the subject, now available in English translation. Tomonaga relates the story of the pioneers of physics and their difficult journey toward an understanding of the nature of spin and its relationship to statistics. His discussion of spin should interest advanced scientists studying the foundations of modern physics, while his description of the little-known history of the Japanese physics community from the 1920s to the 1940s should be a useful resource for historians and philosophers of science.
目次
Translator's Preface Lecture 1: Before the Dawn Lecture 2: Electron Spin and the Thomas Factor Lecture 3: Pauli's Spin Theory and the Dirac Theory Lecture 4: Proton Spin Lecture 5: Interaction between Spins Lecture 6: Pauli-Weisskopf and the Yukawa Particle Lecture 7: The Quantity Which Is neither Vector nor Tensor Lecture 8: Spin and Statistics of Elementary Particles Lecture 9: The Year of Discovery: 1932 Lecture 10: Nuclear Force and Isospin Lecture 11: The Thomas Factor Revisited Lecture 12: The Last Lecture Epilogue Short Biography of Sin-Itiro Tomonaga Annotated Bibliography Index
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