Seventeen seminal papers, published from 1917 to 1926, develop and formulate modern quantum theory. Contributors include many of the leading physicists of the early 20th century: Einstein, Ehrenfest, Bohr, Born, Van Vleck, Heisenberg, Dirac, Pauli, and Jordan. The editor, a distinguished Dutch mathematician, provides a 59-page historical introduction.
ISBN: | 9780486458922 |
Publication date: | 23rd February 2007 |
Author: | B L van der Waerden |
Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 448 pages |
Series: | Dover Books on Physics |
Genres: |
Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory) |