Frühgeschichte der Quantentheorie, 1899-1913. The genesis of quantum theory, 1899-1913 ... Translated by Claude W. Nash
Author: Armin Hermann
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Published: 1971
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Author: Armin Hermann
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Published: 1971
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Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Published: 1974-10-01
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780262580311
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"[The book] is an exceedingly well-documented ac.count of the first fifteen years of the quantum idea."—Ira M. Freeman, Physics Today
Author: Klaus Hentschel
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-08-16
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 3319952528
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on the gradual formation of the concept of ‘light quanta’ or ‘photons’, as they have usually been called in English since 1926. The great number of synonyms that have been used by physicists to denote this concept indicates that there are many different mental models of what ‘light quanta’ are: simply finite, ‘quantized packages of energy’ or ‘bullets of light’? ‘Atoms of light’ or ‘molecules of light’? ‘Light corpuscles’ or ‘quantized waves’? Singularities of the field or spatially extended structures able to interfere? ‘Photons’ in G.N. Lewis’s sense, or as defined by QED, i.e. virtual exchange particles transmitting the electromagnetic force? The term ‘light quantum’ made its first appearance in Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper on a “heuristic point of view” to cope with the photoelectric effect and other forms of interaction of light and matter, but the mental model associated with it has a rich history both before and after 1905. Some of its semantic layers go as far back as Newton and Kepler, some are only fully expressed several decades later, while others initially increased in importance then diminished and finally vanished. In conjunction with these various terms, several mental models of light quanta were developed—six of them are explored more closely in this book. It discusses two historiographic approaches to the problem of concept formation: (a) the author’s own model of conceptual development as a series of semantic accretions and (b) Mark Turner’s model of ‘conceptual blending’. Both of these models are shown to be useful and should be explored further. This is the first historiographically sophisticated history of the fully fledged concept and all of its twelve semantic layers. It systematically combines the history of science with the history of terms and a philosophically inspired history of ideas in conjunction with insights from cognitive science.
Author: British Library (London)
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 488
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Publisher: R. R. Bowker
Published: 1977-03-31
Total Pages: 1448
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Author: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 2006
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 760
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA review of literature and research in the history of science, medicine and technology in its intellectual and social context.
Author: J. L. Heilbron
Publisher: University of California, Office for History of Science & Technology
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 516
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 648
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 616
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes entries for maps and atlases.