The conceptual completion and the extensions of quantum mechanics, 1932-1941

Author(s)

• Mehra, Jagdish
• Rechenberg, Helmut

Bibliographic Information

The conceptual completion and the extensions of quantum mechanics, 1932-1941

（The historical development of quantum theory / Jagdish Mehra, Helmut Rechenberg, v. 6 . The completion of quantum mechanics, 1926-1941 ; pt. 2）

Springer-Verlag, c2001

• : us
• : pbk

Note

With: "Epilogue : aspects of the further development of quantum theory, 1942-1999" and "Subject index, volumes 1 to 6"

References [cited in volumes 1 to 6]: p. [1255]-1439

Subject index, volumes 1 to 6: p. [1469]-1612

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

IV.1 The Completion and Extensions of Quantum Mechanics.Epilogue 1942-1999 2. Quantum Effects in the Physical Laboratory and in the Universe 3.New Aspects of the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics References, Author Index,Subject Index (1-6)

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Details

• NCID: BA52050763
• ISBN:
  • 0387950869
  • 0387951822
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 672-1612 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 421.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Quantum mechanics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00549822