Photons The History and Mental Models of Light Quanta /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hentschel, Klaus (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Quantum physics.; History.; Quantum optics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Quantum Physics.; History of Science.; Quantum Optics.

This book focuses on the gradual formation of the concept of 'light quanta' or 'photons', as they have usually been called in English since 1926. The great number of synonyms that have been used by physicists to denote this concept indicates that there are many different mental m...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Planck's and Einstein's pathways to quantization
• Twelve semantic layers of 'light quantum' and 'photon'
• Early mental models
• Early reception of the light quantum
• Light quanta reflected in textbooks and science teaching
• The 'light quantum' as a 'conceptual blend'
• Quantum experiments with photons since 1945
• What is today's mental model of the photon?
• Summary.