From data to quanta : Niels Bohr's vision of physics /: Niels Bohr's vision of physics. ([2021])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Neils Bohr's vision of physics
• Further Information: Note: Slobodan Perović.
• Authors: (Philosopher and historian of science), Perović, Slobodan
• Contents: Preliminaries. From laboratory to theory ; from classical experiments to quantum theory -- Bohr's vision in practice : the old quantum theory. Spectral lines, quantum states, and a master model of the atom ; The correspondence principle as an intermediary hypothesis ; Reception ; The scientific moderator -- Toward Quantum mechanics. Quantum corpuscles, quantum waves, and the experiments ; The uncertainty principle as an intermediary hypothesis ; Metaphysical principles and heuristic rules ; New formalisms and Bohr's atom -- Complementarity established and applied -- Aftermath. Bohr and the "Copenhagen orthodoxy" ; Bohr's response to the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument ; The mature Bohr and the rise of slick theory and theoreticians.
• Publisher Details: Chicago London : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (251 pages), illustrations (black & white)
• Subjects: 530.12; Quantum theory -- Philosophy; Quantum theory -- History; SCIENCE / General; Quantum theory; Quantum theory -- Philosophy; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226798479
• Related ISBNs: 022679847X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.