The Development of Elementary Quantum Theory

Introduction and Outline.- The Fundamental Di erences Between Classical and Quantum Physics.- Planck's Quantum Hypothesis and Einstein's Contributions to the Foundations of Quantum Theory.- The "Old Quantum Theory.- The Quantum Theory of Born, Heisenberg, and Jordan.- Continuous Representations of the New Quantum Laws.- The Consequences of the Basic Quantum Laws on Wave Phenomena and Quantum Uncertainties.- Early Opposition to the Copenhagen Interpretation.- Orthodox Portrayals of the Development of Quantum Mechanics, Comparison and Di erences.- Later Criticism of the Copenhagen Interpretation.

"This book describes how quantum mechanics arose and has been developed step by step thereby changing fundamental beliefs grown up in a pure mechanistic world. ... This book is suitable for to be understood by interested laymen, young students, and philosophers." (K.-E. Hellwig, zbMATH 1465.81004, 2021)

“This book describes how quantum mechanics arose and has been developed step by step thereby changing fundamental beliefs grown up in a pure mechanistic world. … This book is suitable for to be understood by interested laymen, young students, and philosophers.” (K.-E. Hellwig, zbMATH 1465.81004, 2021)