Constructing Quantum Mechanics: Volume 1: The Scaffold: 1900-1923

by Anthony Duncan and Michel Janssen

Constructing Quantum Mechanics is the first of two volumes on the genesis of quantum mechanics. This volume traces the early contributions by Planck, Einstein, and Bohr, all showing the need for drastic changes to the physics of their day. It examines the efforts by Sommerfeld and others to develop a new theory, now known as the old quantum theory. After some striking successes, this theory ran into serious difficulties and ended up serving as the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198845472
• ISBN13: 9780198845478
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.8" x 9.8"