Einstein Versus Bohr: The Continuing Controversies in Physics

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Название: Einstein Versus Bohr: The Continuing Controversies in Physics

Автор: Mendel Sachs

Издательство: Open Court

ISBN: 0812690648, 0812690656

Год: 1988

Страниц: 317

Формат: DjVu

Размер: 3.32МБ

Язык: английский

The primary focus of this book is upon the main philosophical ideas and debates of the two major developments in twentieth-century physics the quantum theory and the theory of relativity as proposed explanations of the nature of matter. There have been many books for lay readers on the notions that underlie the quantum and relativity theories. It may rightly be asked: why another? The answer is that all the literature on this subject fails to emphasize a point essential for a true understanding of the history phys!cs. It is that progress in science entails conflicts of ideas. The author tries to eliminate this shortcoming.

The primary purpose of the presentation of this book is to explain to the general reader precisely what the concepts that underlie the quantum theory and those that underlie the theory of relativity are all about.

Contents:

The Ideas of Classical Physics.

Nineteenth-Century Physics: A Conceptual Bridge to Modern Views.

Early Discoveries About Quantized Matter and Radiation.

Wave-Particle Dualism and Matter.

Early Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics.

The Copenhagen School.

Objections to Quantum Mechanics and Counter-Proposals.

The Theory of Relativity What's It All About?

Further Implications of Relativity Theory.

Fundamental Conflicts Between the Quantum and Relativity Theories.

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