This book provides a panoramic view from 1927-1938 of the development of a physical theory that has been on the cutting-edge of theoretical physics ever since P. A. M. Dirac's quantization of the electromagnetic field in 1927: quantum electrodynamics. Like the classic papers chosen for this volume, the introductory Frame-Setting Essay emphasizes conceptual transformations which carried physicists to the threshold of renormalization theory. The published papers and correspondence of Bohr, Heisenberg, Dirac and Pauli provide a fascinating analysis of the meaning and structure of a scientific theory. This book goes beyond the historical and philosophical into current physics. Unavailability of English-language versions of certain key papers, some of which are provided in this book, has prevented their implications from being fully realized. Awareness of research from sixty years ago could well provide insights for future developments.
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'Professor Miller has produced yet another remarkable book in the history of modern physics. ... This book should provide a valuable resource for an extended history and philosophical analysis of quantum field theory.' James T. Cushing, Centaurus
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Prior to and into the first decade of Niels Bohr's 1913 atomic theory, physicists dealt with physical systems in which the usual space and time pictures of classical physics were assumed trustworthy and so could be extrapolated to any sort of matter in motion, for example, electrons move like billiard balls and light behaves analogously to water waves. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Prior to and into the first decade of Niels Bohr's 1913 atomic theory, physicists dealt with physical systems in which the usual space and time pictures of classical physics were assumed trustworthy and so could be extrapolated to any sort of matter in motion, for example, electrons move like billiard balls and light behaves analogously to water waves. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Enrico Fermi, Niels Bohr New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Selected Papers on Quantum Electrodynamics by Julian Schwinger in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Werner Heisenberg: A Bibliography of His Writings (Berkeley papers in history of science) by David Cassidy in Back Matter
- Quantum Mechanics (Pure & Applied Physics) by L. I. Schiff in Back Matter
- Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg by David C. Cassidy in Back Matter
- Werner Heisenberg : A Bibliography of His Writings, Second, Expanded Edition by David C. Cassidy in Back Matter
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- The Story of Spin by Sin-itiro Tomonaga in Back Matter
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