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The Roots of Things

Topics in Quantum Mechanics

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  • © 1999

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  1. Alan A. Grometstein
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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
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  2. Themes

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    Pages 1-21

  3. O Light Divine

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    Pages 23-63

  4. The Young Experiment (1801)

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    Pages 65-91

  5. A Whiff of Ether (1887)

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    Pages 93-143

  6. Prof. Planck Is Desperate (1901)

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    Pages 145-182

  7. The Photoelectric Effect (1902)

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    Pages 183-195

  8. Dr. Einstein’s Light Arrows (1905)

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    Pages 197-207

  9. Young Revisited (1909)

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    Pages 209-231

  10. The Nuclear Atom (1904-1912)

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    Pages 233-260

  11. Bohr’s Atom (1913-1925)

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    Pages 261-291

  12. Compton’s Shift (1923)

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    Pages 293-306

  13. A Princely Postulate (1924)

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    Pages 307-328

  14. Realism and Other Isms

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    Pages 329-345

  15. Inventing the Wave Equation (1926)

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    Pages 347-383

  16. Collapsing the Wave

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    Pages 385-405

  17. Copenhagen Takes Over (1925-?)

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    Pages 407-444

  18. EPR (1935) and EPR-B

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    Pages 445-489

  19. Bell’s Thunderbolt (1964)

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    Pages 491-513

  20. The Toll of Bell

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    Pages 515-550
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Grometstein explains modern physics with enthusiasm, wit and insight. As he presents the usual milestones in the history of modern physics, his central focus is the historical debate regarding the nature of light: is it a particle or is it a wave? This book will be read by generations of students in physical science who seek a well written discussion of these important issues. Grometstein includes material which is quite recent, thus making the present volume particularly useful.

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`A reader of this book is going to have fun. Rarely has good physics been presented in such a cheerful manner. Alan Grometstein explains modern physics with enthusiasm, wit, and insight.'
Gerald Mahan, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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