Niels Bohr and complementarity : an introduction / Arkady Plotnitsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plotnitsky, Arkady.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in Physics, 2191-5423

SpringerBriefs in physics, 2191-5423

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Complementarity (Physics).

Empiricism.

Metaphysics.

Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.

Bohr, Niels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers a discussion of Niels Bohr’s conception of “complementarity,” arguably his greatest contribution to physics and philosophy. By tracing Bohr’s work from his 1913 atomic theory to the introduction and then refinement of the idea of complementarity, and by explicating different meanings of “complementarity” in Bohr and the relationships between it and Bohr’s other concepts, the book aims to offer a contained and accessible, and yet sufficiently comprehensive account of Bohr’s work on complementarity and its significance.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1. 1900-1962. From Planck to Bohr

Chapter 2. 1913. “On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules”: Quantum Jumps and Epistemological Leaps

Chapter 3. 1925. “Atomic Theory and Mechanics”: From the Old Quantum Theory to Heisenberg’s Quantum Mechanics

Chapter 4. 1927. “The Quantum Postulate and the Recent Development of Atomic Theory” (The Como Lecture): Complementarity vs. Causality

Chapter 5. 1929. “The Quantum of Action and the Description of Nature”: New Complementarities and a New Interpretation

Chapter 6. 1931. “The Space-Time Continuity and Atomic Physics” (the Bristol Lecture): Quantum Phenomena and the Double-Slit Experiment

Chapter 7. 1933. “On the Question of Measurability of Electromagnetic Field Quantities”: Complementarity and Quantum Field Theory

Chapter 8. 1935. “Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?”: The EPR Experiment and Complementarity

Chapter 9. 1937-1938. “Complementarity and Causality” and “The Causality Problem in Atomic Physics” (The Warsaw Lecture): The Knowable and the Unthinkable

Chapter 10. 1954-1962. “The Unity of Knowledge”: New Harmonies

Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-62425-7

9786613936707

1-4614-4517-5

OCLC:

810143416