Establishing Quantum Physics in Göttingen David Hilbert, Max Born, and Peter Debye in Context, 1900-1926 /

• Main Author: Schirrmacher, Arne (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: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology,
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; History.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Quantum Physics.; History of Science.

Quantum mechanics - the grandiose theory that describes nature down to the submicroscopic level - was first formulated in Göttingen in 1925. How did this come about and why is it that Göttingen became the pre-eminent location for a revolution in physics? This book is the first to investigate the w...

Table of Contents:

• Situating Göttingen in the History of Quantum Physics: A Contextual Approach
• From Generational Change to Scientific Opportunity
• "Hilbert and Physics" - Vision and Resources
• The Born "Schools" in Berlin, Frankfurt and Göttingen
• Göttingen's Multiple Avenues Towards Quantum Mechanics
• Appendix: Selected Documents. .