Book ID: CBB001035071

Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference (2008)

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Bacciagaluppi, Guido (Editor)
Valentini, Antony (Editor)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xxv + 530 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Contains translations of the proceedings along with analytical essays discussing the history and philosophy.


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Review Sauer, Tilman (2011) Review of "Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 364). unapi

Review Faye, Jan (2011) Review of "Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 238). unapi

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

Essay Review Jähnert, Martin (2012) Revisiting the 1927 Solvay Conference and the Early Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 125-129). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Rana, Adele La
Rossi, Paolo Aldo
Patrick Aidan Heelan
Orens, Jeffrey
Rasmus Jaksland
Rogers, David M.
Concepts
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Philosophy of science
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Controversies and disputes
Congresses, conferences, and meetings
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
21st century
Places
Brussels (Belgium)
Germany
Pisa (Italy)
Sweden
Italy
Belgium
Institutions
Solvay Conferences
International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry (Brussels)
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