{"product_id":"atoms-metaphors-and-paradoxes-niels-bohr-and-the-construction-of-a-new-physics-paperback-9780521031882","title":"Atoms, Metaphors and Paradoxes; Niels Bohr and the Construction of a New Physics (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521031882","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAtoms, Metaphors and Paradoxes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNiels Bohr and the Construction of a New Physics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines the development of Niels Bohr's crucial insights during the birth of quantum mechanics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSandro Petruccioli (Author), Ian McGilvray (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521031882, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 1.4 cm, 0.384 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...the best overall treatment of the background to the doctrine of complementarity.\"   Edward McKinnon, Isis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book gives a detailed study of the development and the interpretation given to Niels Bohr's Principle of Correspondence. It also describes the role that this principle played in guiding Bohr's research over the critical period from 1920 to 1927. Quantum mechanics, developed in the 1920s and 1930s by Bohr, Heisenberg, Born, Schrödinger and Dirac, represents one of the most profound turning points in science. This theory required a wholly new kind of physics in which many of the principles, concepts and models representing reality, that had formed the basis of classical physics since Galileo and Newton, had to be abandoned. This book re-examines the birth of quantum mechanics, in particular examining the development of crucial and original insights of Niels Bohr.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The paradigm of complementarity\u003cbr\u003e 2. Atomic model and quantum hypotheses\u003cbr\u003e 3. The principle of correspondence\u003cbr\u003e 4. The theory of virtual oscillators\u003cbr\u003e 5. The conceptual foundation of quantum mechanics\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Bohr–Einstein confrontation: phenomena and physical reality\u003cbr\u003e General bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Name index\u003cbr\u003e General index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Quantum physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Quantum physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Quantum%20physics%20%5Bquantum%20mechanics%20\u0026amp;%20quantum%20field%20theory%5D%20%5BPHQ%5D%22\"\u003equantum mechanics \u0026amp; quantum field theory PHQ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006221635864,"sku":"9780521031882","price":41.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521031882i_769a0c5a-e7a3-4ebe-a691-b5d95decc0d9.jpg?v=1694965002","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/atoms-metaphors-and-paradoxes-niels-bohr-and-the-construction-of-a-new-physics-paperback-9780521031882","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}