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

Review Kragh, Helge (2011) Review of "Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890--1926". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 87). unapi

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

Review de Syon, Guillaume (2012) Review of "Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890--1926". Canadian Journal of History (pp. 150-152). unapi

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
Stenholm, Stig
Nándori, I.
Concepts
Quantum mechanics
Physics
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Teaching; pedagogy
Science and culture
Electromagnetism
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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