Bruce R. Wheaton

The Tiger and the Shark

Empirical Roots of Wave-Particle Dualism

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Produktbeschreibung

This study grew out of concerns first raised while I was a student of physics. This inadequacy of most textbook discussions of historical and epistemological issues led me back to original papers and then to the literature on history of science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 616g
• ISBN-13: 9780521358927
• ISBN-10: 0521358922
• Artikelnr.: 21310705

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Thomas S. Kuhn
Preface
Notes on sources
1. Introduction
Part I. The Introduction of Temporal Discontinuity, 1896-1905: 2. The electromagnetic impulse hypothesis of x-rays
3. The analogy between y-rays and x-rays
Part II. Ionization and the Recognition of Paradox, 1906-1910: 4. Secondary rays: British attempts to retain mechanism
5. The appeal in Germany to the quantum theory
Part III. Seeking an Electrodynamic Solution, 1907-1912: 6. Localized energy in spreading impulses
7. Problems with visible light
Part IV. Interference of X-Rays and the Corrobation of Paradox, 1912-1922: 8. Origins of x-ray spectroscopy
9. Quantum transformation experiments
Part V. The Conceptual Origins of Wave-Particle Dualism, 1921-1925: 10. Synthesis of matter and light
Epilogue: The tiger and the shark
Bibliography
Index.