| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 530 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes, on p. 251-469, an English translation of the Conference's proceedings, which were published in French in 1928 under the title Électrons et photons. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Perspectives on the 1927 Solvay Conference -- Historical introduction -- De Broglie's pilot-wave theory -- From matrix mechanics to quantum mechanics -- Schrödinger's wave mechanics -- Quantum foundations and the 1927 Solvay Conference -- Quantum theory and the measurement problem -- Interference, superposition, and wave packet collapse -- Locality and incompleteness -- Time, determinism, and the spacetime framework -- Guiding fields in 3-space -- Scattering and measurement in de Broglie's pilot-wave theory -- Pilot-wave theory in retrospect -- Beyond the Bohr-Einstein debate -- The proceedings of the 1927 Solvay Conference: The intensity of X-ray reflection / W.L. Bragg ; Disagreements between experiment and the electromagnetic theory of radiation / A.H. Compton ; The new dynamics of quanta / L. de Broglie ; Quantum mechanics / M. Born and W. Heisenberg ; Wave mechanics / E. Schrödinger ; General discussion of the new ideas presented. |
| Summary |
The 1927 Solvay conference was very important meeting in the history of quantum theory, but no consensus was reached. This book contains a complete translation of the original proceedings, with background essays on the three main interpretations of quantum theory presented at the conference. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Includes translation of the proceedings of the conference into English. |
| Subject |
Conseil de physique (5th : 1927 : Brussels, Belgium)
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Conseil de physique. |
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Instituts Solvay.
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Instituts Solvay. |
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Brüssel -- Solvay Conference on Physics. |
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Quantum theory -- History.
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Quantum theory. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Brüssel (1927)
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Kongress.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Valentini, Antony.
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Conseil de physique (5th : 1927 : Brussels, Belgium).
Électrons et photons. English.
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| Added Title |
Électrons et photons.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bacciagaluppi, Guido. Quantum theory at the crossroads. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521814218 (DLC) 2008019585 (OCoLC)227191829 |
| ISBN |
9781139649162 (electronic book) |
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1139649167 (electronic book) |
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9781139194983 (electronic book) |
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1139194984 (electronic book) |
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9781139641548 |
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1139641549 |
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9780521814218 |
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0521814219 |
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