Home / Science / Philosophy of Science / From Data to Quanta: Niels Bohr's Vision of Physics

From Data to Quanta: Niels Bohr's Vision of Physics

AUTHOR
Price
€42.90
€47.80 -10%
Upon request
Dispatched within 15 - 25 days.

Add to wishlist

Free shipping

The first comprehensive philosophical and historical account of the experimental foundations of Niels Bohr’s practice of physics.

Niels Bohr was a central figure in quantum physics, well known for his work on atomic structure and his contributions to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. In this book, philosopher of science Slobodan Perović explores the way Bohr practiced and understood physics, and analyzes its implications for our understanding of modern science. Perović develops a novel approach to Bohr’s understanding of physics and his method of inquiry, presenting an exploratory symbiosis of historical and philosophical analysis that uncovers the key aspects of Bohr’s philosophical vision of physics within a given historical context.

To better understand the methods that produced Bohr’s breakthrough results in quantum phenomena, Perović clarifies the nature of Bohr’s engagement with the experimental side of physics and lays out the basic distinctions and concepts that characterize his approach. Rich and insightful, Perović’s take on the early history of quantum mechanics and its methodological ramifications sheds vital new light on one of the key figures of modern physics.

Author: Perovic Slobodan
Publisher: CHICAGO UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9780226798332
Cover: Hardback
Edition Number: 1
Release Year: 2021

Introduction

Part 1: Preliminaries 

2  From Laboratory to Theory
3  From Classical Experiments to Quantum Theory

Part 2: Bohr’s Vision in Practice: the Old Quantum Theory 

4  Spectral Lines, Quantum States, and a Master Model of the Atom
5  The Correspondence Principle as an Intermediary Hypothesis 
6  Reception
7  The Scientific Moderator

Part 3: Toward Quantum Mechanics

8  Quantum Corpuscles, Quantum Waves, and the Experiments
9  The Uncertainty Principle as an Intermediary Hypothesis
10  Metaphysical Principles and Heuristic Rules
11 New Formalisms and Bohr’s Atom
12  Complementarity Established and Applied 

Part 4: Aftermath

13  Bohr and the “Copenhagen Orthodoxy” 
14  Bohr’s Response to the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument
15  The Mature Bohr and the Rise of Slick Theory and Theoreticians

Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index

Slobodan Perović is professor of the history and philosophy of science at the University of Belgrade. His work has been featured in the Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyStudies in History and Philosophy of Modern PhysicsFoundations of Science, and Synthese, among others.

You may also like

Newsletter

Subscribe to the newsletter to be the first to receive our new releases and offers
Your account Your wishlist

This website uses cookies

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners.