Crafting the quantum : Arnold Sommerfeld and the practice of theory, 1890 - 1926 / Suman Seth

Englisch

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, c 2010

VIII, 378 S. : Ill. ; 24 cm

Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-371) and index. - Introduction -- The physics of problems : elements of the Sommerfeld style, 1890-1910 -- Pedagogical economies : the "Sommerfeld School" and the problems of teaching -- The kaiser's physicists : the Sommerfeld School goes to war -- The practice of principles : Planck, experiment, and the "thermodynamic method" -- The dynamical and the statistical : Sommerfeld, Planck, and the quantum hypothesis -- Prinzipienfuchser and Virtuosen : theoretical physics after World War I -- Crafting the quantum : Sommerfeld, Bohr, and the older quantum theory -- Conclusion

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Introduction -- The practice of problems : elements of the Sommerfeld style -- Pedagogical economies : the "Sommerfeld School" and the problems of teaching -- The kaiser's physicists : the Sommerfeld School goes to war -- The practice of principles : Planck, experiment, and the thermodynamic method -- The dynamical and the statistical : Sommerfeld, Planck, and the quantum hypothesis -- Prinzipienfuchser and Virtuosen : theoretical physics after World War I -- Crafting the quantum : sommerfeld, Bohr, and the older quantum theory -- Conclusion : quantum mechanics and the Sommerfeld School : principles, problems -- And the historiography of modern physics.

*Sommerfeld, Arnold *1868-1951* / Quantentheorie / Geschichte 1890-1926

*Sommerfeld, Arnold -- 1868-1951 ; Quantum theory ; Physics

*Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1868-1951 ; Quantum theory ; Physics

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: QC16.S76

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 530.09/04

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: UB 2430: U Physik / UB Allgemeine Nachschlagewerke, Bibliografien, Geschichte und Philosophie der Physik / Quantentheorie, Quantenmechanik

Mathematics Subject Classification: *81-03

Mathematics Subject Classification: 01A60

Mathematics Subject Classification: 01A70

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