From c-Numbers to q-Numbers: The Classical Analogy in the History of Quantum Theory

Olivier Darrigol

Published by University of California Press 1992

From c-Numbers to q-Numbers

The Classical Analogy in the History of Quantum Theory

Olivier Darrigol

Volume 8 in the series California Studies in the History of Science

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520328280

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Conventions and Notations Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
PART A. Planck's Radiation Theory
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1. Concepts of Gas Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2. Planck's Absolute Irreversibility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
3. On Irreversible Radiation Processes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
4. The Infrared Challenge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
PART B. The Correspondence Principle
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5. The Bohr Atom (1913-1916) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
6. Postulates and Principles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
7. Harmonic Interplay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
8. A Crisis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
9. The Virtual Orchestra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
10. Matrix Mechanics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260
PART C. Dirac's Quantum Mechanics
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11. Classical Beauty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
12. Queer Numbers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
13. Quantum Beauty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Bibliographical Guide Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
Abbreviations Used in Citations and in the Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	354
Bibliography of Secondary Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	356
Bibliography of Primary Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	368
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Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Edition: Reprint 2019
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- Main content: 418

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Published: November 15, 2023
ISBN: 9780520328280