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  • Establishing Quantum Physics in Göttingen: David Hilbert, Max Born, and Peter Debye in Context, 1900-1926

    Establishing Quantum Physics in Göttingen by Schirrmacher, Arne;

    David Hilbert, Max Born, and Peter Debye in Context, 1900-1926

    Series: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology;

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    • Edition number 1st ed. 2019
    • Publisher Springer International Publishing
    • Date of Publication 12 August 2019
    • Number of Volumes 1 pieces, Book

    • ISBN 9783030227265
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages120 pages
    • Size 235x155 mm
    • Weight 454 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations IX, 120 p. 8 illus. Illustrations, black & white
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    Quantum mechanics – the grandiose theory that describes nature down to the submicroscopic level – was first formulated in Göttingen in 1925. How did this come about and why is it that Göttingen became the pre-eminent location for a revolution in physics? This book is the first to investigate the wide range of factors that were pivotal for quantum physics to be established in Göttingen. These include the process of generational change of physics professors, the hopes of mathematicians seeking new fields of research, and a new understanding of the interplay of experiment, theory and philosophy.


    The other books in the four-volume collection address the beginnings of quantum physics research at Copenhagen, Berlin, and Munich. These works emerged from an expansive study on the quantum revolution as a major transformation of physical knowledge undertaken by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the Fritz Haber Institute (2006–2012).
    Formore on this project, see the dedicated Feature Story, The Networks of Early Quantum Theory, at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/feature-story/networks-early-quantum-theory.

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    Table of Contents:

    Situating Göttingen in the History of Quantum Physics: A Contextual Approach.- From Generational Change to Scientific Opportunity.- “Hilbert and Physics” — Vision and Resources.- The Born “Schools” in Berlin, Frankfurt and Göttingen.- Göttingen’s Multiple Avenues Towards Quantum Mechanics.- Appendix: Selected Documents.

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