The Historical Development of Quantum Theory - Volume 6

Drawing upon such materials as the resources of the Archives for the History of Quantum Physics, the Niels Bohr Archives, and the archives and scientific correspondence of the principal quantum physicists, as well as Jagdish Mehra's personal discussions over many years with most of the architects of quantum theory, the authors have written a rigorous scientific history of quantum theory in a deeply human context. This multivolume work presents a rich account of an intellectual triumph: a unique analysis of the creative scientific process.

The Historical Development of Quantum Theory is science, history, and biography, all wrapped in the story of a great human enterprise. Its lessons will be an aid to those working in the sciences and humanities alike.

Contents

IV. The Conceptual Completion and Extensions of Quantum Mechanics.

• 1. the Causality Debate
• 2. The Debate on the Completeness of Quantum Mechanics and its description of Reality (1931-1936)
• 3. New Elementary Particles in Nuclear and Cosmics-Ray Physics (1929-1937)
• 4. Solid-State, Low-Temperature, and Relativistic High-Density Physics (1930-1937)
• 5. High-Energy physics: Elementary Particles and Nuclear Reactions (1932-1942)

• 1.The Elementary Constitution of Matter: Subnuclear Particles and Fundamentals Interactions
• 2.Quantum Effects in the Physical Laboratory and in the Universe
• 3.New Aspects of the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

• References
• Author
• Index
• Subject
• Index for volumes 1to 6