The Concept of Matter : A Journey from Antiquity to Quantum Physics / by Florestano Evangelisti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evangelisti, Florestano.

Series:

History of Physics, 2730-7557

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Condensed matter.

Physics--History.

Physics.

Spintronics.

Semiconductors.

Structure of Condensed Matter.

History of Physics and Astronomy.

Local Subjects:

Structure of Condensed Matter.

History of Physics and Astronomy.

Spintronics.

Semiconductors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2023.

Summary:

Our current concept of matter, one of scientific research’s greatest successes, represents a long journey, from questions posed during the birth of philosophy in Ancient Greece to recent advances in physics and chemistry, including Quantum Physics. This book outlines that journey. The book has three parts, each detailing a phase of the journey. The first saw the development of a conception based on "classical" physics; the second saw the construction of the "old" quantum theory attempting to explain the mysterious properties of matter, resulting in formulation of the "new" quantum theory; the third saw the formation of the modern conception of matter, based on quantum mechanics. Along the way, various topics are discussed, including: rediscovery and appropriation of antiquity by Western culture in the modern era; the subsequent revision process in the 16th and 17th centuries and the new experiments and theories of the 18th; attempts to understand the mysterious properties of matter that could not be explained by classical physics; the first quantization hypotheses; discovery of new purely "quantum-mechanical" properties of matter; and the ultimate clarification of atomic structure. This book is aimed at anyone who wants a clear picture of how we arrived at the modern conception of matter. .

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

PART I. Matter and Classical Science

Chapter 2. The legacy of antiquity

Chapter 3. Matter at the beginning of the scientific revolution

Chapter 4. Matter in the seventeenth century

Chapter 5. Matter in the eighteenth century

Chapter 6. Matter and Electricity

Chapter 7. Chemistry and matter in the nineteenth century

Chapter 8. Physics and matter in the nineteenth century

PART II: Matter and Old Quantum Theory

Chapter 9. The Apperance of Quanta

Chapter 10. Bohr' s atom

Chapter 11. Electrons and atoms

PART III: Quantum Mechanical Representation of Matter

Chapter 12. Quantum atoms and molecules

chapter 13. Solid matter

Chapter 14. Semiconductors

Appendix A. On Gases and water

Appendix B. On nineteenth century Physics

Appendix C. On old quantum theory

Appendix D. On matter and quantum mechanics

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Evangelisti, Florestano The Concept of Matter

ISBN:

3-031-36558-5

OCLC:

1390747091