Quantum mechanics. Its early development and the road to entanglement and beyond

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Author(s): Steward, Edward G
Edition: 2ed.
Publisher: Imperial College Press,World Scientific
Year: 2012

Language: English
Pages: 315
City: London
Tags: Quantum theory -- History.;Quantum theory.;Matrix mechanics.

Content: Setting the Scene
Light: The AetherA" and the Special Theory of Relativity
Thermal Radiation and Planck's Energy ElementsA"
Einstein and the Quantum
The Quantum in the Atom: Optical Spectra
Einstein's Transition Probabilities: Bohr's Theory and Planck's Law
Wave Mechanics
Matrix Mechanics
Complementarity, the Uncertainty Principle and the Copenhagen Interpretation
Indeterminacy and Entanglement (Sara M McMurry)
A Reflective Interlude: Reality Aspects of Wave-Particle Duality
Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics (Sara M McMurry).