Article ID: CBB782654422

Poincaré’s Electromagnetic Quantum Mechanics (2019)

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Drafting a history of quantum mechanics is a very complex task. Many different roads have led to quantum theory: Heisenberg with Born and Jordan, Schrödinger, and Dirac have given us the most important formulations of quantum mechanics. Another, neglected, historical formulation of quantum physics is considered here through an overview of the historical context in which different conceptions of Nature (mechanistic, thermodynamic and electromagnetic) contended the claim of providing the foundations of physics. A particular focus is devoted to the origins of quantum physics within an electromagnetic conception of Nature and Poincaré’s quantum electromagnetic mechanics. This analysis can lead to a completely new understanding of quantum physics.

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Authors & Contributors
Bracco, Christian
Zini, Grazia
Tobias Schütz
Bertelli, Susanna
Boccaletti, Dino
Marmottini, Donatella
Concepts
Physics
Electromagnetism
Quantum mechanics
Relativity
Theoretical physics
Electromagnetic waves; radiation
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
Early modern
Modern
Places
Italy
United States
Europe
North America
Japan
China
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