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Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory by George Gamow ISBN: 048624895X Dover Publications Price: $10.95 click here to see this book Entertaining, rigorous introduction to the development of quantum theory traces the subject's history, from Max Planck's revolutionary discovery of quanta and Niels Bohr's model of the atom to anti-particles, mesons, and Enrico Fermi's nuclear research. Numerous line drawings. 1966 edition. Table of Contents for Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE PREFACE INTRODUCTION I M. PLANCK AND LIGHT QUANTA Statistical Mechanics and Thermal Radiation Max Planck and the Quantum of Energy Light Quanta and the Photoelectric Effect The Compton Effect II N. BOHR AND QUANTUM ORBITS Rutherford's Theory of the Nuclear Atom Quantizing a Mechanical System Sommerfeld's Elliptical Orbits Bohr's Institute III W. PAULI AND THE EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE Quotas for Electron Levels The Spinning Electron Pauli and Nuclear Physics The Neutrino IV L. DE BROGLIE AND PILOT WAVES Schrödinger's Wave Equation Applying Wave Mechanics V W. HEISENBERG AND THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE Discarding Classical Linear Trajectories VI P. A. M. DIRAC AND ANTI-PARTICLES Unifying Relativity and Quantum Theory Anti-Particle Physics VII E. FERMI AND PARTICLE TRANSFORMATIONS The Forces Behind ß-Transformation Using Fermi Interaction Laws Fermi's Research in Nuclear Reactions VIII H. YUKAWA AND MESONS IX MEN AT WORK APPENDIX BLEGDAMSVEJ FAUST INDEX

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