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Atoms, Metaphors and Paradoxes: Niels Bohr and the Construction of a New Physics

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This book reexamines the birth of quantum mechanics, in particular examining the development of crucial and original insights of Bohr. In particular, it gives a detailed study of the development and the interpretation given to Bohr's Principle of Correspondence. It also describes the role that this principle played in guiding Bohr's research over the critical period from 1920 to 1927.

Author(s): Sandro Petruccioli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 1993

Language: English
Pages: 249

Title ......Page 5
Copyright ......Page 6
Contents ......Page 7
Introduction ......Page 9
Acknowledgements ......Page 15
Notes ......Page 16
1 The paradigm of complementarity ......Page 18
Notes ......Page 39
2 Atomic model and quantum hypotheses ......Page 44
Notes ......Page 78
3 The principle of correspondence ......Page 86
Notes ......Page 113
4 The theory of virtual oscillators ......Page 119
Notes ......Page 135
5 The conceptual foundation of quantum mechanics ......Page 142
Notes ......Page 182
6 The Bohr-Einstein confrontation: phenomena and physical reality ......Page 191
Notes ......Page 220
General bibliography ......Page 226
Name index ......Page 243
General index ......Page 246