The Tiger and the Shark: Empirical Roots of Wave-Particle Dualism
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (948 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521358922 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 380 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book traces the origins of a central problem leading to this change in viewpoint and paradoxes raised by attempts to formulate a consistent theory of the nature of light. Dr Wheaton describes the experimental work on the new forms of radiation found at the turn of the century and shows how the interpretation of energy transfer from X-rays to matter gradually transformed a classical wave explanation of light to one based on particle like quanta of energy, and further, he explains how influential sci
"Super great writing" according to unquantum. Super great writing. I read this 15 years ago and it inspired me to do experiments toward resolving the wave-particle duality paradox. Of course, now I read it again. This is the best history book on that subject.
The author is to be warmly commended for performing this task in such a clear and useful fashion." Physics Today"will be a delight to historians and philosophers of science. Meticulously researched, it exposes the reader to hitherto obscure manuscripts relating the story of experimental research in the x-ray and D*g-ray regions of the spectrum from the end of the last through the first quarter of this century.This fine book will undoubtedly be a valuable addition to the history of this golden age of physics." Edward L. O'Neill, Optics & Photonics News . "the symmetry and novelty of Wheaton's narrative are beautifule metaphysical problem addressedis so profound that careful readers will be well rewarded." American Historical Review"attention to this early work is clearly of contemporary, and not just historical or pedagogic, interest
His books include The Essential Tension; Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894 1912; and The Copernican Revolution. . Thomas S. Kuhn (1922 96) was the Laurence Rockefeller Professor Emeritus of linguistics and philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology