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Particle or wave : the evolution of the concept of matter in modern physics / Charis Anastopoulos.

By: Anastopoulos, Charis, 1971-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, �2008Description: 1 online resource (xx, 410 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780691222493; 0691222495.Subject(s): Physik | Matter | Physics -- History -- 20th century | Mati�ere | Physique -- Histoire -- 20e si�ecle | SCIENCE -- Physics -- Quantum Theory | Matter | Physics | Materie | Welle-Teilchen-Dualismus | Physik | Matter | Physics -- History -- 20th century | Fysik -- historia -- 1900-talet | Materia | Physik | 1900-1999Genre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. | History.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Particle or wave.DDC classification: 530 Other classification: 33.23 | UB 2385 | UB 2440 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
From myth to machine: images of matter from antiquity to Newtonian mechanics -- Progress!: from Newtonian mechanics to nineteenth-century physics -- A new arena is built: special relativity and the notion of space time -- The symmetry beneath: symmetry in physics: spacetime symmetries -- The machine breaks down: the development of quantum mechanics -- So familiar and yet so different: spin, quantum phases, and quantum statistics -- Forging the perfect tool: the development of quantum field theory -- Pieces of a puzzle: the physics of elementary particles -- Reaching the limits: the Gauge principle and the standard model -- Outlook: unanswered questions and open problems.
Summary: 'Particle or Wave' explains the origins and development of modern physical concepts about matter and the controversies surrounding them.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

From myth to machine: images of matter from antiquity to Newtonian mechanics -- Progress!: from Newtonian mechanics to nineteenth-century physics -- A new arena is built: special relativity and the notion of space time -- The symmetry beneath: symmetry in physics: spacetime symmetries -- The machine breaks down: the development of quantum mechanics -- So familiar and yet so different: spin, quantum phases, and quantum statistics -- Forging the perfect tool: the development of quantum field theory -- Pieces of a puzzle: the physics of elementary particles -- Reaching the limits: the Gauge principle and the standard model -- Outlook: unanswered questions and open problems.

'Particle or Wave' explains the origins and development of modern physical concepts about matter and the controversies surrounding them.

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