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The story of quantum mechanics

Title
The story of quantum mechanics / Victor Guillemin ; illustrated with photographs and with drawings by Robert Guillemin.
Author
Guillemin, Victor, 1896-1985.
Publication
New York : Scribner, 1968.

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Description
xvi, 332 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Quantum theory
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Quantum Theory
  • Mecanica Quantica (Teoria Quantica)
  • Physics > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 315-320.
Contents
Science of motion -- History of atomism -- Atomic structure -- Radiant energy -- Consequences of the wave-photon concept -- Matter waves -- Principle of uncertainty -- Applications and conclusions -- Elementary particles -- Organization of particles -- Particle characteristics -- Ideas and theories -- Symmetries -- More theories -- Philosophical implications of the new physics -- Causality -- Free will -- Determinism, free will and the new physics.
LCCN
68017354
OCLC
  • ocm00172457
  • 172457
  • SCSB-160816
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library