Article ID: CBB000077807

Space quantization: Otto Stern's lucky star (1998)

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Friedrich, Bretislav (Author)
Herschbach, Dudley R. (Author)


Dædalus
Volume: 127 no.1
Issue: 1
Pages: 165-191

Description On the experiment, carried out in Frankfurt in 1921-22 by Otto Stern and Walther Gerlach, that “showed unequivocally that space quantization was real, and thus provided compelling evidence that a new mechanics was required to describe the atomic world.”


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Authors & Contributors
Leyla Joaquim
Becker, Adam
Jean-Philippe Martinez
Rogers, David M.
Brown, Brandon R.
Howard, Don
Concepts
Quantum mechanics
Physics
Theoretical physics
Philosophy of science
Notebooks
Many worlds interpretation (quantum mechanics)
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Copenhagen (Denmark)
Germany
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