Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890-1926

by Suman Seth

An intellectual and cultural history of the birth of theoretical physics in Germany, focusing on the pedagogy and research of a leader in work on the "older" quantum theory.

Arnold Sommerfeld (1868-1951) was among the most significant contributors to the birth of modern theoretical physics. At the University of Munich, beginning in 1906, he trained two generations of theoretical physicists. Eight of his students (among them Werner...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262013738
• ISBN13: 9780262013734
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher