Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 265 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511608223
Content:
This book provides a panoramic view from 1927–1938 of the development of a physical theory that has been on the cutting-edge of theoretical physics ever since P. A. M. Dirac's quantization of the electromagnetic field in 1927: quantum electrodynamics. Like the classic papers chosen for this volume, the introductory Frame-Setting Essay emphasizes conceptual transformations which carried physicists to the threshold of renormalization theory. The published papers and correspondence of Bohr, Heisenberg, Dirac and Pauli provide a fascinating analysis of the meaning and structure of a scientific theory. This book goes beyond the historical and philosophical into current physics. Unavailability of English-language versions of certain key papers, some of which are provided in this book, has prevented their implications from being fully realized. Awareness of research from sixty years ago could well provide insights for future developments
Content:
From quantum mechanics toward quantum electrodynamics -- Second quantization -- Photons and relativistic electrons -- Quantum electrodynamics -- Theories of the nuclear force in the 1930s
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521431699
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521568913
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521431699
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511608223
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