The Quantum Gamble

• Main Author: Boeyens, Jan C. A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.; Chemistry > History.; Philosophy and science.; Cosmology.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.; Philosophy of Science.; History of Chemistry.

This volume, written by a highly cited author, presents the history of quantum theory together with open questions and remaining problems in terms of the plausibility of quantum chemistry and physics. It also provides insights into the theory of matter-wave mechanics. The content is aimed at student...

Table of Contents:

• The Mysterious Quantum
• The Cosmological Debate
• What Happened ...
• The Classical Basis
• Delicious Mysteries
• Non-Classical Phenomena
• Non-linear Phenomena
• Space, Time and Matter
• Matter-wave Mechanics
• Epilogue
• Quaternion Rotations
• Separation of the Variables
• Broken Gauge Symmetry
• Projective Geometry
• Nucleogenesis.