Kuehn, Kerry

A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts : Volume IV : Heat, Atoms and Quanta

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016
Abstract/Sommario: This book provides a chronological introduction to modern atomic theory, which represented an attempt to reconcile the ancient doctrine of atomism with careful experiments—performed during the 19th century—on the flow of heat through substances and across empty space. Included herein are selections from classic texts such as Carnot’s Reflection on the Motive Power of Fire, Clausius’ Mechanical Theory of Heat, Rutherford’s Nuclear Constitution of Atoms, Planck’s Atomic Theory of Matter, ...; [leggi tutto]
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Descrizione A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts : Volume IV : Heat, Atoms and Quanta / by Kerry Kuehn. - 1st ed. 2016. - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016. - XXVI, 463 p. 70 illus ; online resource. - (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics)
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A New Science of Heat -- Heat, Symmetry and Mathematics -- Steam Engines and Heat Flow -- Carnot's Cycle -- Engines are Thermometers -- Temperature, Pressure and Reversibility -- The Language of Science -- Energy and Entropy -- Conduction of Heat -- On Radiation -- Atomism and Kinetic Theory -- Atomism and Kinetic Theory 2 -- Dynamical and Statistical Laws -- The Discovery of the Electron -- The Mass and Velocity of a-particles -- Identifying the a Particle -- Targeting the Nucleus -- Nuclear Structure -- The Discovery of the Neutron -- The Nature of the Neutron -- Corpuscles of Light -- X-Ray Optics 1 -- X-Ray Optics 2 -- Electron diffraction 1 -- Electron diffraction 2 -- The Bohr model of the atom -- Atomic spectra -- The periodic table -- The Birth of the Quantum -- Matter Waves -- Quantum Orthodoxy -- Causality and Chance in Quantum Theory -- Indeterminacy -- Bohm's critique of Copenhagen. - Springer eBooks. - Printed edition: 9783319218274
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  • 530.01 - Fisica. Filosofia e teoria
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  • ISBN: 978-3-319-21828-1
  • DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21828-1
  • N. catalogo straniero: QC6.9 (Library of Congress Call Number)
  • N. catalogo straniero: QC5.53 (Library of Congress Call Number)
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