TY - BOOK ID - 7181806 TI - Quantum concepts in physics PY - 2013 SN - 9781107017092 1107017092 9781139062060 1139062069 9781107308671 1107308674 9781107306479 1107306477 9781107314221 1107314224 1107235227 1107305608 1107301386 9781107235229 9781107305601 9781107301382 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Quantum theory KW - History KW - Science KW - History. KW - Quantum Theory. KW - SCIENCE / Quantum Theory. KW - Théorie quantique KW - Histoire KW - Théorie quantique KW - Quantum theory - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7181806 AB - Written for advanced undergraduates, physicists, and historians and philosophers of physics, this book tells the story of the development of our understanding of quantum phenomena through the extraordinary years of the first three decades of the twentieth century. Rather than following the standard axiomatic approach, this book adopts a historical perspective, explaining clearly and authoritatively how pioneers such as Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Pauli and Dirac developed the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and merged them into a coherent theory, and why the mathematical infrastructure of quantum mechanics has to be as complex as it is. The author creates a compelling narrative, providing a remarkable example of how physics and mathematics work in practice. The book encourages an enhanced appreciation of the interaction between mathematics, theory and experiment, helping the reader gain a deeper understanding of the development and content of quantum mechanics than any other text at this level. ER -