9780521250986 - The Tiger and the Shark: Empirical Roots of Wave-Particle Dualism di Wheaton, Bruce R. (6 risultati)

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Photos included in listing. About the book: The early twentieth century brought about the rejection by physicists of the doctrine of determinism - the belief that complete knowledge of the initial conditions of an interaction in nature allows precise and unambiguous prediction of the outcome. This book traces the origins of a central problem leading to this change in viewpoint and paradoxes raised by attempts to formulate a consistent theory of the nature of light. It outlines the different approaches adopted by members of different national cultures to the apparent inconsistencies, explains why Einstein's early (1905) attempt at a resolution was not taken seriously for fifteen years, and describes the mixture of ideas that created a route to a new, antideterministic formulation of the laws of nature. Dr Wheaton describes the experimental work on the new forms of radiation found at the turn of the century and shows how the interpretation of energy transfer from X-rays to matter gradually transformed a classical wave explanation of light to one based on particle like quanta of energy, and further, he explains how influential scientists came reluctantly to accept a wavelike interpretation of matter as well. This new and distinctively different account of one of the major theoretical shifts in modern physical thought will be of fundamental interest to physical scientists and philosophers, as well as to historians of science.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. xxiv 355p hardback with dark green dustjacket featuring a series of portraits, a tight and clean copy, name to endpaper, many illustrations, no traces of use or markings in the text, excellent copy Language: English.

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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition hardback book in very good dust jacket cover. Book is illustrated with drawings and includes and biblography as well as index. 6"x9" 355 pages. To access more of our many science books search Abebooks.com using our unique keyword SCIBX or visit our shop in FOrt WOrth! Language: eng.