This book reexamines the birth of quantum mechanics, in particular examining the development of crucial and original insights of Bohr. In particular, it gives a detailed study of the development and the interpretation given to 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.
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"...the text is enlightening on several points, and offers some original analysis." Dennie Dieks, Mathematical Reviews
"...provides a clear insight for physicists and historians of science into how the established wisdom about the quantum world came about...Fascinating stuff..." John Gribbin, New Scientist
"...well written and well translated...very useful name index and general index... 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." H.E. Wylen
"...the best overall treatment of the background to the doctrine of complementarity." Edward McKinnon, Isis
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Original Language: Italian
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virtual oscillator model, virtual oscillators, radiative behaviour, indeterminate interaction, quantum postulate, ordinary electrodynamics, limiting region, quantum discontinuity, indeterminacy relations, high quantum numbers, virtual equivalence, distant atoms, mechanical frequencies, correspondence principle, conceptual reference, storia della scienza, old quantum theory, causal description, electronic orbits, atomic constitution, light quanta, atomic phenomena, new mechanics, ordinary mechanics, quantum processes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Niels Bohr, Philosophical Magazine, Solvay Conference, Die Naturwissenschaften, Historical Studies, Physical Sciences, The Conceptual Development, Albert Einstein, Atti del Congresso, Cambridge University Press, Physical Review, Rud Nielsen, Nature of Quantum Mechanical, The Historical Development, John Slater New!
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- The Correspondence Principle (1918 - 1923) by Niels Henrik David Bohr on 6 pages
- Quantum Mechanics (Dover Phoenix Editions) by H. A. Kramers on 5 pages
- Metaphor and Thought by Andrew Ortony on page 109, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Logic of Scientific Discovery (Routledge Classics) by Karl Popper in Front Matter, page 214, and Back Matter
- The Ways of Paradox and Other Essays, Revised Edition by W. V. Quine on page 212, and Back Matter
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- Theory (Scientific Theology) by Alister E. McGrath on page 105, and Back Matter
- Pauli's Exclusion Principle: The Origin and Validation of a Scientific Principle by Michela Massimi in Back Matter
- The Atom in the History of Human Thought by Bernard Pullman in Back Matter
- The Reenchantment of Nature: The Denial of Religion and the Ecological Crisis by Alister McGrath in Back Matter
- The Reenchantment of Nature: The Denial of Religion and the Ecological Crisis by Alister McGrath in Back Matter
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