Practicing the Correspondence Principle in the Old Quantum Theory A Transformation through Implementation /

• Main Author: Jähnert, Martin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 56
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Philosophy and science.; Intellectual life-History.; Civilization-History.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Science.; Philosophy of Science.; Intellectual Studies.; Cultural History.

This book presents a history of the correspondence principle from a new perspective. The author provides a unique exploration of the relation between the practice of theory and conceptual development in physics. In the process, he argues for a new understanding of the history of the old quantum theo...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Correspondence Principle in Copenhagen 1913-1923: Origin, Formulation and Consolidation
• 3. The Correspondence Principle in the Quantum Network 1918-1926
• 4. Using the Magic Wand: Sommerfeld, Multiplet Intensities and the Correspondence Principle
• 5. Fertilizer on a Sandy Acreage: Franck, Hund and the Ramsauer Effect
• 6. That I Cannot Conceive of After the Results of Your Dissertation: Fritz Reiche and the F-sum Rule
• 7. Copenhagen Reactions: The Intensity Problem in Copenhagen, 1924-1925
• 8. Conclusion
• A. Applications of the Correspondence Principle 1918-1928
• Archives
• Bibliography.