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"In the 1930s, physics was in a crisis. There appeared to be no way to reconcile the new theory of quantum mechanics with Einstein's theory of relativity. In the post-World War II period, four eminent physicists rose to the challenge and developed a calculable version of quantum…
Early Quantum Electrodynamics: A Sourcebook
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Early Quantum Electrodynamics: A Sourcebook
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Type: Book
This book provides a panoramic view from 1927-1938 of the development of a physical theory that has been on the cutting-edge of theoretical physics ever since P.A.M. Dirac's quantization of the electromagnetic field in 1927: quantum electrodynamics. Like the classic papers chose…
This book provides a panoramic view during 1927-1938 of the development of quantum electrodynamics. The papers and correspondence of Bohr, Heisenberg, Dirac and Pauli provide a fascinating analysis of the meaning of scientific theory.