Giliberti M. Old Quantum Theory and Early Quantum Mechanics...2024

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Foreword I
Foreword II
Preface
Prelude
The Twilight and the Dawn: The Inadequacy of Classical Physics and the Gradual Arose of Quantum Theory
Black-Body Radiation
Imagination and Intuition: The Origins of the Old Quantum Theory
Atoms and Early Atomic Models
Thomson’s and Nagaoka’s Atomic Models
The Photoelectric Effect and the Electron Charge
Rutherford’s Hypothesis on the Atomic Structure
Bohr’s Hydrogen Atom
The Compton Effect
A Theory of Electron Waves
Pauli Exclusion Principle
The Pillars of the Theory: The Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
Matrix Mechanics
Wave Mechanics
Dirac’s and Born’s Contributions
Uncertainty Relations and Complementary Principle
Quantum Statistics
The Klein–Gordon Equation
Completeness or Incompleteness?
The Cat and the Fox
Appendix Nobel Prizes in Physics
The Creation of Nobel Prizes
The Mechanism for Awarding Nobel Prizes
Why Is There no Nobel Prize in Mathematics?
When Was the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences Introduced?
Nobel Prize Laureates Among the Main Characters of this Book, with Related Rationales
Index