Book ID: CBB001031312

Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890--1926 (2010)

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Seth, Suman (Author)


MIT Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: viii + 378 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Eckert, Michael (2010) Review of "Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890--1926". Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte (p. 438). unapi

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Review Darrigol, Olivier (2011) Review of "Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890--1926". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 143). unapi

Review Camiller, Kristian (2011) Review of "Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890--1926". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 375). unapi

Review Jacobsen, Anja Skaar (2010) Review of "Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890--1926". Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (pp. 82-83). unapi

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

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Authors & Contributors
Seth, Suman
Eckert, Michael
Badino, Massimiliano
Artin, Tom
Nándori, I.
Jentschura, U. D.
Journals
European Physical Journal H
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
American Journal of Physics
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Publishers
Springer International Publishing
Springer International
Springer
Oxford University Press
Concepts
Quantum mechanics
Physics
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Teaching; pedagogy
Science and culture
Electromagnetism
People
Sommerfeld, Arnold Johannes Wilhelm
Planck, Max
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
Pauli, Wolfgang Ernst
Heisenberg, Werner
Einstein, Albert
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Places
Germany
Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
Japan
Munich (Germany)
Institutions
Munich. Universität
University of Tokyo
Kyōto Daigaku (Kyoto University)
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