Einstein and the Quantum (eBook)

The Quest of the Valiant Swabian

A. Douglas Stone (Autor)

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2015
344 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-7404-0 (ISBN)

Infos

A. Douglas Stone is the Carl A. Morse Professor of Applied Physics and Physics at Yale University.

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The untold story of Albert Einstein's role as the father of quantum theoryEinstein and the Quantum reveals for the first time the full significance of Albert Einstein's contributions to quantum theory. Einstein famously rejected quantum mechanics, observing that God does not play dice. But, in fact, he thought more about the nature of atoms, molecules, and the emission and absorption of light-the core of what we now know as quantum theory-than he did about relativity.A compelling blend of physics, biography, and the history of science, Einstein and the Quantum shares the untold story of how Einstein-not Max Planck or Niels Bohr-was the driving force behind early quantum theory. It paints a vivid portrait of the iconic physicist as he grappled with the apparently contradictory nature of the atomic world, in which its invisible constituents defy the categories of classical physics, behaving simultaneously as both particle and wave. And it demonstrates how Einstein's later work on the emission and absorption of light, and on atomic gases, led directly to Erwin Schrodinger's breakthrough to the modern form of quantum mechanics. The book sheds light on why Einstein ultimately renounced his own brilliant work on quantum theory, due to his deep belief in science as something objective and eternal.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.10.2015
• Vorwort: A. Douglas Stone
• Zusatzinfo: 18 halftones. 5 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Schlagworte: ABSOLUTE ZERO • acceleration • Albert Einstein • Alpha particle • Annalen der Physik • Arnold Sommerfeld • Atomic Nucleus • atomic theory • black body • Black-body radiation • Bohr model • Boltzmann constant • Bose–Einstein statistics • Brownian motion • Calculation • Circular Orbit • classical electromagnetism • classical mechanics • Classical physics • Cryogenics • electric charge • electricity • Electromagnetic radiation • electromagnetism • Energy • Energy Density • energy level • Equipartition theorem • Ernest Rutherford • Ernst Mach • Exchange interaction • Experimental Physics • Gas • General relativity • Gravity • heat capacity • Hendrik Lorentz • High Frequency • hydrogen atom • hypothesis • ideal gas • J. J. Thomson • kinetic energy • Lecture • Louis de Broglie • Ludwig Boltzmann • Magnetic field • mass–energy equivalence • Matrix Mechanics • Max Born • Max Planck • Maxwell's equations • Measurement • Mileva Maric • Modern Physics • Molecular Vibration • Molecule • Niels Bohr • Nobel prize • old quantum theory • Olympia Academy • Partition function (statistical mechanics) • Pascual Jordan • Paul Ehrenfest • photoelectric effect • Photon • Physical Chemistry • Physical law • physicist • Planck constant • Planck's Law • Prediction • Probability • Quantity • quantum mechanics • Radioactive decay • Scientist • Solvay Conference • Special relativity • Spectral line • Statistical Mechanics • Statistical Physics • Stefan–Boltzmann law • Temperature • theoretical physics • theory • Theory of relativity • thermal energy • thermal equilibrium • thermal radiation • thermodynamics • Vibration • Walther Nernst • wave equation • Wavelength • Wave–particle duality • Werner Heisenberg • Wilhelm Wien • Wolfgang Pauli • year
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-7404-1 / 1400874041
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-7404-0 / 9781400874040