Book ID: CBB001035071

Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference (2008)

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Bacciagaluppi, Guido (Editor)
Valentini, Antony (Editor)


Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2008
Language: English


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xxv + 530 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index

Description Contains translations of the proceedings along with analytical essays discussing the history and philosophy.


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Review Sauer, Tilman (2011) Review of "Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 364). unapi

Review Faye, Jan (2011) Review of "Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 238). unapi

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

Essay Review Jähnert, Martin (2012) Revisiting the 1927 Solvay Conference and the Early Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 125-129). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bokulich, Alisa
Camilleri, Kristian
Fara, Patricia
Faye, Jan
Guerra, Francisco
Jähnert, Martin
Journals
European Physical Journal H
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
British Journal for the History of Science
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Lychnos
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Aracne
Oxford University Press
Pegasus Books
Springer
Thomas Allen Publishers
Concepts
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Philosophy of science
Controversies and disputes
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Congresses, conferences, and meetings
People
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
Einstein, Albert
Heisenberg, Werner
Bahr, Eva von
Boltzmann, Ludwig
Carnap, Rudolf
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
21st century
Places
Brussels (Belgium)
Germany
Belgium
France
Italy
Sweden
Institutions
Solvay Conferences
International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry (Brussels)
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