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Autore |
Evangelisti Florestano |
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The Concept of Matter : A Journey from Antiquity to Quantum Physics / / by Florestano Evangelisti |
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Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
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[1st ed. 2023.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (207 pages) |
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Collana |
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History of Physics, , 2730-7557 |
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Soggetti |
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Condensed matter |
Physics - History |
Spintronics |
Semiconductors |
Structure of Condensed Matter |
History of Physics and Astronomy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Chapter 1. Introduction -- PART I. Matter and Classical Science -- Chapter 2. The legacy of antiquity -- Chapter 3. Matter at the beginning of the scientific revolution -- Chapter 4. Matter in the seventeenth century -- Chapter 5. Matter in the eighteenth century -- Chapter 6. Matter and Electricity -- Chapter 7. Chemistry and matter in the nineteenth century -- Chapter 8. Physics and matter in the nineteenth century -- PART II: Matter and Old Quantum Theory -- Chapter 9. The Apperance of Quanta -- Chapter 10. Bohr' s atom -- Chapter 11. Electrons and atoms -- PART III: Quantum Mechanical Representation of Matter -- Chapter 12. Quantum atoms and molecules -- chapter 13. Solid matter -- Chapter 14. Semiconductors -- Appendix A. On Gases and water -- Appendix B. On nineteenth century Physics -- Appendix C. On old quantum theory -- Appendix D. On matter and quantum mechanics -- Index. |
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Our current concept of matter, one of scientific research’s greatest successes, represents a long journey, from questions posed during the birth of philosophy in Ancient Greece to recent advances in physics and |
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chemistry, including Quantum Physics. This book outlines that journey. The book has three parts, each detailing a phase of the journey. The first saw the development of a conception based on "classical" physics; the second saw the construction of the "old" quantum theory attempting to explain the mysterious properties of matter, resulting in formulation of the "new" quantum theory; the third saw the formation of the modern conception of matter, based on quantum mechanics. Along the way, various topics are discussed, including: rediscovery and appropriation of antiquity by Western culture in the modern era; the subsequent revision process in the 16th and 17th centuries and the new experiments and theories of the 18th; attempts to understand the mysterious properties of matter that could not be explained by classical physics; the first quantization hypotheses; discovery of new purely "quantum-mechanical" properties of matter; and the ultimate clarification of atomic structure. This book is aimed at anyone who wants a clear picture of how we arrived at the modern conception of matter. . |
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