Screen LibraryQuantum mechanics：its early development and the road to entanglement and beyond
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Imperial College Press Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.,
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| Publisher Address: | London Singapore Hackensack, NJ |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | New enlarged ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xxiii, 315 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
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9781848167698 1848167695 9781848167704 (pbk.) 1848167709 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | O413 |
| CLC: | O413.1-09 |
| Call Number: | O413.1-09/S849 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-302) and index. 1. Setting the Scene -- 2. Light: The 'Aether' and the Special Theory of Relativity -- 3. Thermal Radiation and Planck's 'Energy Elements' -- 4. Einstein and the Quantum -- 5. Quantum in the Atom: Optical Spectra -- 6. Einstein's Transition Probabilities: Bohr's Theory and Planck's Law -- 7. Wave Mechanics -- 8. Matrix Mechanics -- 9. Complementarity, the Uncertainty Principle, and the Copenhagen Interpretation -- 10. Indeterminacy and Entanglement (Sara M. McMurry) -- 11. A Reflective Interlude -- 12. Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics -- A. Entropy -- B. Classical Thermodynamics; Kinetic "This book provides the reader with an explanation of the origin and establishment of quantum mechanics together with a descriptive survey of later developments up to the present day. The mathematics is presented in a digestible form yet following the original approach." "With references to original works, reviews, and biographies, the reader is well-equipped to delve further into the subject. In addition to its importance for those studying physics, it is also valuable for those studying the history of science." "This second edition contains two new chapters to supplement and extend the fir |