The Dreams that Stuff is Made Of : the most astounding papers on quantum physics--and how they shook the scientific world / edited, with an introduction, by Stephen Hawking.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018, editor, writer of introduction.

Kasius, Jennifer, editor.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum theory.

Quantum theory--History.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

xi, 1071 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Distribution:

London : Running Press,

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Running Press, [2011]

Contents:

Introduction / Stephen Hawking

Chapter One. "On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum" / Max Planck; "On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light" / Albert Einstein; "The Atomic Theory of Matter" / Max Planck

Chapter Two. "The Scattering Of Alpha And Beta Particles by Matter and the Structure of the Atom" / Ernest Rutherford; "On The Constitution of Atoms and Molecules" / Niels Bohr; "The Structure of the Atom" / Niels Bohr

Chapter Three. Excerpts from "The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory" / Werner Heisenberg; "The Development of Quantum Mechanics" / Werner Heisenberg; "Quantisation as an Eigenvalue Problem, Parts I-IV" / Erwin Schrodinger

Chapter Four. "The Quantum Theory of the Electron" / Paul A.M. Dirac; "On the Connection Between Spin and Statistics" / Wolfgang Pauli; "Exclusion Principle and Quantum Mechanics" / Wolfgang Pauli

Chapter Five. "Statistical Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics" / Max Born; "The Present Situation In Quantum Mechanics" / Erwin Schrodinger; "Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?" / Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, Nathan Rosen; "Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?" / Niels Bohr; "A Suggested Interpretation of the Quantum Theory in Terms of 'Hidden' Variables I" / David Bohm; "A Suggested Interpretation of the Quantum Theory in Terms of 'Hidden' Variables II" / David Bohm; "On The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox" / John Bell

Chapter Six. "The Quantum Theory of the Emission and Absorption of Radiation" / Paul A.M. Dirac; "The Lagrangian Method in Quantum Mechanics" / Paul A.M. Dirac; "On Quantum Electrodynamics" / Paul A.M. Dirac, V.A. Flock, Boris Podolsky; "Foundations of the New Field Theory" / Max Born, Leopold Infeld; "Electron Theory" / J. Robert Oppenheimer

Chapter Seven. "Fine Structure of the Hydrogen Atom by a Microwave Method" / Willis Lamb, Robert Rutherford; "The Electromagnetic Shift of Energy Levels" / Hans Bethe

Chapter Eight. "On a Relativistically Invariant Formulation of the Quantum Theory of Wave Fields" / Sin-Itiro Tomanaga; "Space-Time Approach to Quantum Electrodynamics" / Richard Feynman; "The Theory of Positrons" / Richard Feynman; "The Radiation Theories of Tomonaga, Schwinger and Feynman" / Freeman Dyson

Chapter Nine. "Problems of Atomic Dynamics" / Max Born; Excerpts from Thirty Years that Shook Physics (Chapters I and IV) / George Gamow; Excerpts from Lectures on Quantum Mechanics / Paul A.M. Dirac.

Notes:

"Coover design by Bill Jones. Interior design by Aptara, Inc. Edited by David Goldberg, Joel Allred, and Jennifer Kasius. Commentary by Joel Allred"--Title page verso.

"The texts in this book are based on translations of the original printed editions. We have made no attempt to modernize the authors' own distinct usage, spelling, or punctuation, or to make the texts consistent with each other in this regard."--A Note on the Text.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy has dustjacket retained.

Running Press copy is "2" printing.

ISBN:

0762434341

9780762434343

OCLC:

751729719

Publisher Number:

99945863386