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Crafting the quantum : Arnold Sommerfeld and the practice of theory, 1890-1926 / Suman Seth.

By: Seth, Suman, 1974-.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Transformations (M.I.T. Press): Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010Description: viii, 378 p., USD 32.00 ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780262013734 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0262013738 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1868-1951 | Quantum theory | PhysicsDDC classification: 530.09/04
Contents:
Introduction -- The physics of problems : elements of the Sommerfeld style, 1890-1910 -- Pedagogical economies : the "Sommerfeld School" and the problems of teaching -- The kaiser's physicists : the Sommerfeld School goes to war -- The practice of principles : Planck, experiment, and the "thermodynamic method" -- The dynamical and the statistical : Sommerfeld, Planck, and the quantum hypothesis -- Prinzipienfuchser and Virtuosen : theoretical physics after World War I -- Crafting the quantum : Sommerfeld, Bohr, and the older quantum theory -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-371) and index.

Introduction -- The physics of problems : elements of the Sommerfeld style, 1890-1910 -- Pedagogical economies : the "Sommerfeld School" and the problems of teaching -- The kaiser's physicists : the Sommerfeld School goes to war -- The practice of principles : Planck, experiment, and the "thermodynamic method" -- The dynamical and the statistical : Sommerfeld, Planck, and the quantum hypothesis -- Prinzipienfuchser and Virtuosen : theoretical physics after World War I -- Crafting the quantum : Sommerfeld, Bohr, and the older quantum theory -- Conclusion.