Book ID: CBB001031312

Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890--1926 (2010)

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Seth, Suman (Author)


MIT Press
Publication date: 2010
Language: English


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: viii + 378 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index

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Review Eckert, Michael (2010) Review of "Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890--1926". Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte (p. 438). unapi

Review Kragh, Helge (2011) Review of "Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890--1926". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 87). unapi

Review Darrigol, Olivier (2011) Review of "Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890--1926". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 143). unapi

Review Camiller, Kristian (2011) Review of "Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890--1926". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 375). unapi

Review Jacobsen, Anja Skaar (2010) Review of "Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890--1926". Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (pp. 82-83). unapi

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Essay Review Staley, Richard (2011) Discontinuous Memory and the Making of Quantum Mechanics. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 447-456). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Eckert, Michael
Seth, Suman
Ozawa, Takeshi
Badino, Massimiliano
Duncan, Anthony
Eckert, M.
Journals
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
European Physical Journal H
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
American Journal of Physics
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Springer
Verlag für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik
Springer International Publishing
Concepts
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Correspondence and corresponding
Mysticism
People
Sommerfeld, Arnold Johannes Wilhelm
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
Einstein, Albert
Heisenberg, Werner
Planck, Max
Pauli, Wolfgang Ernst
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Germany
Japan
Munich (Germany)
Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
Institutions
Kyōto Daigaku (Kyoto University)
University of Tokyo
Munich. Universität
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