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Overview"Quantum mechanics dates its anniversaries from 1925, the year when its first versions, matrix and wave mechanics, were born. The quan tum itself had by that time reached the age of 25, having first seen the light of day on the eve of the nativity of the 20th century itself. Either shunned or completely unnoticed, the quantum seemed for a long time to be an illegitimate child. Even Max Planck himself, its own father, could not bring himself to accept his monstrous child until he was forced to do so -that is, until it became clear that the problems which were arising in physics could not be solved without the quantum. At first the quantum ""like a greasy stain, soaked through all the different branches of physics"" and then, like an explosion, came the creation of quantum mechanics. The overwhelming majority of those who first created quantum mechanics were just about of an age with the quantum itself. These were very young people, born as the new century was born, give or take a year or so. Hence the phrase was coined - ""the quantum generation"". At that time there was quantum everything - towns, steps, park benches, lodging houses and so, natu rally, the quantum generation." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Margarita Ryutova-Kemoklidze , J. HinePublisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.539kg ISBN: 9783642493591ISBN 10: 3642493599 Pages: 327 Publication Date: 23 August 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 By the Sure Path of Experimentation.- 2 Fiat Lux.- 3 To Göttingen.- 4 From the Maroseika to Chistiye Prudy.- 5 Petrograd — and Back to Moscow.- 6 Where the Crowned Heads of Science Gather.- 7 Professor Born’s Circle of Friends.- 8 “Then, As Now, Physicists Went About Their Work and Regarded It As Perfectly Normal”.- 9 Metamorphosis.- 10 “I Shall Leave Neither Tomorrow Nor the Day After”.- 11 The Choice.- 12 Cascades and Showers.- 13 Pentoptics.- 14 Earning a Living as an Engineer.- 15 Teaching the Teachers.- 16 On Pearl Street.- 17 In the Beginning was Mechanics.- References.- Biography.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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