LEADER 03595nam 22005295 450 001 9910908371003321 005 20241113115738.0 010 $a9783662700457 010 $a366270045X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-662-70045-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31782798 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31782798 035 $a(CKB)36568179900041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-662-70045-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)9936568179900041 100 $a20241113d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$a1924?1927: The Dawning of Quantum Mechanics /$fby Hans-Hennig von Grünberg, Alex Griffiths 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aBerlin, Heidelberg :$cSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (265 pages) 311 08$a9783662700440 311 08$a3662700441 327 $aPrologue: The eight Protagonists of this Story -- 1924, Introduction: Preliminary Work -- 1925, Thesis: Matrix Mechanics -- 1926, Antithesis: Wave Mechanics -- 1927, Synthesis: Dualism and Uncertainty -- Epilogue: The eight Protagonists in the Garden Hall. 330 $aIn June of 1925, almost a hundred years ago, Werner Heisenberg spent ten days on the island of Heligoland - thanks to his hayfever. This respite afforded him the time to write an article that would mark the beginning of the history of modern quantum theory. Two years later, in October of 1927, the fifth Solvay Conference, arguably the most famous gathering in the history of physics, took place in Brussels, bringing the riveting story of the origins of quantum mechanics to a close. During this crucial and relatively short period between 1925 and 1927, eight physicists from five countries developed a theory that would radically change the physical understanding of our world and would become the basis for almost all advanced technologies: transistors, lasers, light-emitting diodes, medical imaging, the electron microscope and much more. The reader will travel through time from September 1924 to October 1927 and learn by way of monthly entries how quantum mechanics came into being, what the people involved experienced and thought in the context of the time they lived in, and how a unified whole slowly emerged from the interactions of these individuals. The book is aimed at laypeople who are fascinated by quantum mechanics and its history. They will learn that this theory, like Anita Berber, jazz or the invention of television, is a characteristic child of the 1920s. The Authors Hans Hennig von Grünberg completed his habilitation in the field of theoretical physics, was Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Graz, then president of a University of Applied Sciences and is now Professor of Knowledge and Technology Transfer at the University of Potsdam. Alexander Griffiths is a doctoral student in Literature at Freie Universität Berlin. 606 $aPhysics$xHistory 606 $aQuantum physics 606 $aHistory of Physics and Astronomy 606 $aQuantum Physics 615 0$aPhysics$xHistory. 615 0$aQuantum physics. 615 14$aHistory of Physics and Astronomy. 615 24$aQuantum Physics. 676 $a509 700 $avon Grünberg$b Hans-Hennig$01775346 701 $aGriffiths$b Alex$01775347 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910908371003321 996 $a1924?1927: The Dawning of Quantum Mechanics$94295673 997 $aUNINA