Establishing Quantum Physics in Göttingen: David Hilbert, Max Born, and Peter Debye in Context, 1900-1926

By Arne Schirrmacher

Quantum mechanics - the grandiose theory that describes nature down to the submicroscopic level - was first formulated in G ttingen in 1925. How did this come about and why is it that G ttingen became the pre-eminent location for a revolution in physics? This book is the first to investigate the wide range of factors that were pivotal for quantum physics to be established in G ttingen. These include the process of generational change of physics professors, the hopes of mathematicians seeking new fields of research, and a new understanding of the interplay of experiment, theory and philosophy.
The other books in the four-volume collection address the beginnings of quantum physics research at Copenhagen, Berlin, and Munich. These works emerged from an expansive study on the quantum revolution as a major transformation of physical knowledge undertaken by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the Fritz Haber Institute (2006-2012).
Formore on this project, see the dedicated Feature Story, The Networks of Early Quantum Theory, at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, https: //www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/feature-story/networks-early-quantum-theory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303022726X
• ISBN13: 9783030227265
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"