The roots of things : topics in quantum mechanics / Alan A. Grometstein.
| Author/creator | Grometstein, Alan A. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Kluwer, ©1999. |
| Description | xxxiii, 576 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Conventions, abbreviations, symbols -- Themes. Appendix DIR : Paul Dirac -- O light divine. Appendix FOU : Fourier analysis ; Appendix FRE : Frequency ; Appendix MEC : Mechanism -- The Young experiment (1801). Appendix GED : Gedanken experiments -- A whiff of ether (1887). Appendix ABE : Aberration ; Appendix RIT : Ritz stars ; Appendix PDX : Paradox and antinomy -- Prof. Planck is desperate (1901). Appendix PLA : Max Planck ; Appendix STA : Standing waves -- The photoelectric effect (1902) -- Dr. Einstein's light arrows (1905) -- Young revisited (1909) -- The nuclear atom (1904-1912). Appendix SPH : Spheres -- Bohr's atom (1913-1925). Appendix ACC : Accelerated charges -- Compton's shift (1923) -- A princely postulate (1924). Appendix ENE : Energy of an electron -- Realism and other isms -- Inventing the wave equation (1926). Appendix WEL : Well-behaved waves ; Appendix CMP : Completeness -- Collapsing the wave. Appendix HEI : Werner Heisenberg ; Appendix COM : Commutativity -- Copenhagen takes over (1925-?). Appendix BOH : Niels Bohr -- EPR (1935) and EPR-B. Appendix LIT : Lightcones ; Appendix PAU : Wolfgang Pauli -- Bell's thunderbolt (1964) -- The toll of Bell. Appendix SCH : Schrödinger's cat ; Appendix TIM : Troublesome time -- Envoi. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 99014389 |
| ISBN | 0306459779 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | QC174.12 .G76 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |