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Order, chaos, order : the transition from classical to quantum physics /

Stehle, Philip.

Order, chaos, order : the transition from classical to quantum physics / Philip Stehle. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1994. - xiv, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-314) and index.

The old order: Classical physics -- Clouds on the horizon -- The entrance of the electron -- A chaotic period begins -- Allergic reactions to h -- Relativity -- Models of atoms -- Quantum rules and recipes -- Particles and waves: A dissolving distinction -- A new order emerges: Quantum mechanics.

0195075137 019508473X

92041506


Physics--History.
Quantum theory--History.

530.1209

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