The Development of Elementary Quantum Theory

ISBN-13: 9783319618838 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 98 str.

Herbert Capellmann

Opis

Further, it discusses the essential differences between the fundamental equations of Quantum Theory derived by Born and Jordan, logically comprising Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Optics, and the traditional view of the development of Quantum Mechanics.

Recenzje

"This book describes how quantum mechanics arose and has been developed step by step thereby changing fundamental beliefs grown up in a pure mechanistic world. ... This book is suitable for to be understood by interested laymen, young students, and philosophers." (K.-E. Hellwig, zbMATH 1465.81004, 2021)

Spis treści

Introduction and Outline.- The Fundamental Differences Between Classical and Quantum Physics.- Planck’s Quantum Hypothesis and Einstein’s Contributions to the Foundations of Quantum Theory.- The ”Old Quantum Theory.- The Quantum Theory of Born, Heisenberg, and Jordan.- Continuous Representations of the New Quantum Laws.- The Consequences of the Basic Quantum Laws on Wave Phenomena and Quantum Uncertainties.- Early Opposition to the Copenhagen Interpretation.- Orthodox Portrayals of the Development of Quantum Mechanics, Comparison and Differences.- Later Criticism of the Copenhagen Interpretation.