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Atoms, Metaphors and Paradoxes: Niels Bohr and the Construction of a New Physics
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hardcover. This book examines the development of Niels Bohr's crucial insights during the birth of quantum mechanics. Translator(s): McGilvray, Ian. Num Pages: 252 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
This book gives a detailed study of the development and the interpretation given to Niels Bohr's Principle of Correspondence. It also describes the role that this principle played in guiding Bohr's research over the critical period from 1920 to 1927. Quantum mechanics, developed in the 1920s and 1930s by Bohr, Heisenberg, Born, Schrödinger and Dirac, represents one of the most profound turning points in science. This theory required a wholly new kind of physics in which many of the principles, concepts and models representing reality, that had formed the basis of classical physics since Galileo and Newton, had to be ... Read more
This book gives a detailed study of the development and the interpretation given to Niels Bohr's Principle of Correspondence. It also describes the role that this principle played in guiding Bohr's research over the critical period from 1920 to 1927. Quantum mechanics, developed in the 1920s and 1930s by Bohr, Heisenberg, Born, Schrödinger and Dirac, represents one of the most profound turning points in science. This theory required a wholly new kind of physics in which many of the principles, concepts and models representing reality, that had formed the basis of classical physics since Galileo and Newton, had to be ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521402590
SKU
KSG0035532
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99-1
Reviews for Atoms, Metaphors and Paradoxes: Niels Bohr and the Construction of a New Physics
"The essays...are well written and well translated. Each has extensive endnotes and biliographic references. ...the book will be useful for advanced undergraduates doing research in this field. Libraries with extensive collections in the history and philosophy of science should seriously consider this work." Choice "...the text is enlightening on several points, and offers some original analysis." Dennie Dieks, ... Read more