Part 2 The Creation of Wave Mechanics; Early Response and Applications 1925-1926

1. Auflage 1987. 1. softcover printing 2000
ISBN: 978-0-387-95180-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 614 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1910 g

Reihe: Erwin Schrödinger and the Rise of Wave Mechanics

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schrödinger, Erwin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Akustik, Schwingungsanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

3. The Creation of Wave Mechanics: Scientific Exchange with Plank and Einstein; First Steps Toward the Hydrogen Equation; The Nonrelativistic Hydrogen Equation; Sources of Undulatory Mechanics; Foundations of Undulatory Mechanics. 4. Early Response and Applications: The Scheme Starts to Work; Early Response to Wave Mechanics; Formal Equivalence of Wave Mechanics and Matrix Mechanics; Application and Extensions; Towards an Undulatory Interpretation of Atomic Phenomena.