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Entertaining, rigorous introduction to the development of quantum theory traces the subject's history, from Max Planck's revolutionary discovery of quanta and Niels Bohr's model of the atom to anti-particles, mesons, and Enrico Fermi's nuclear research. 1966 edition.
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Entertaining, rigorous introduction to the development of quantum theory traces the subject's history, from Max Planck's revolutionary discovery of quanta and Niels Bohr's model of the atom to anti-particles, mesons, and Enrico Fermi's nuclear research. Numerous line drawings. 1966 edition.
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
I M. PLANCK AND LIGHT QUANTA
Statistical Mechanics and Thermal Radiation
Max Planck and the Quantum of Energy
Light Quanta and the Photoelectric Effect
The Compton Effect
II N. BOHR AND QUANTUM ORBITS
Rutherford's Theory of the Nuclear Atom
Quantizing a Mechanical System
Sommerfeld's Elliptical Orbits
Bohr's Institute
III W. PAULI AND THE EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE
Quotas for Electron Levels
The Spinning Electron
Pauli and Nuclear Physics
The Neutrino
IV L. DE BROGLIE AND PILOT WAVES
Schrödinger's Wave Equation
Applying Wave Mechanics
V W. HEISENBERG AND THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
Discarding Classical Linear Trajectories
VI P. A. M. DIRAC AND ANTI-PARTICLES
Unifying Relativity and Quantum Theory
Anti-Particle Physics
VII E. FERMI AND PARTICLE TRANSFORMATIONS
The Forces Behind ß-Transformation
Using Fermi Interaction Laws
Fermi's Research in Nuclear Reactions
VIII H. YUKAWA AND MESONS
IX MEN AT WORK
APPENDIX BLEGDAMSVEJ FAUST
INDEX
