The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory explained

The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory
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Author:Werner Heisenberg
Title Orig:Physikalischen Prinzipien der Quantentheorie
Orig Lang Code:de
Translator:Carl Eckart and Frank C. Hoyt
Country:Germany
Language:German and English
Series:Dover books on physics
Subject:Quantum theory
Genre:Non-fiction
Publisher:S. Hirzel Verlag, University of Chicago Press
Publisher2:Dover Publications
Pub Date:1930
English Pub Date:1930, 1949, 2009, 2013, 2015
Published:Germany, United States
Media Type:Print, ebook
Pages:183 (1st edition)
Isbn:9780486601137
Oclc:551956049
Dewey:530.1
Congress:QC174.1 .H4
Website:Publisher

The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory (publisher: S. Hirzel Verlag, 1930) by Nobel laureate (1932) Werner Heisenberg and subsequently translated by Carl Eckart and Frank C. Hoyt. The book was first published in 1930 by University of Chicago Press. Then in 1949, according to its copyright page, Dover Publications reprinted the "unabridged and unaltered" 1930's version.

The book is collection of 1929 university lectures by Heisenberg but with more detailed mathematics.[1] The book discusses quantum mechanics and one 1931 review states that this is a "less technical and less involved account of the theor[y]".[2] This book has been cited more than 2,000 times.[3]

In the book, after briefly discussing various theories, including quantum theory, Heisenberg discusses the basis for the fundamental concepts of quantum theory. Also by this time Heisenberg has stated, "the interaction between observer and object causes uncontrollable and large changes in the [atomic] system being observed...".[1] In this work Heisenberg also discusses his uncertainty principle or uncertainty relations.[1] [4] [5] [6]

About the author

Werner Heisenberg (b. 1901 - d. 1976) was a renowned German theoretical physicist whose work pioneered and advanced quantum mechanics. He received his PhD in 1923 from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich under Arnold Sommerfeld. He was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen".[7] [8] [9]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Heisenberg , Werner . The physical principles of the quantum theory. registration. 1949. 9780486601137. 1930. 1–39. Dover. 1. 10.1007/BF01699141. Translators Eckart, Carl; Hoyt, F.C. . 116094482.
  2. 10.1038/127193a0. (1) an Outline of Wave Mechanics (2) the Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory (3) Quantum Chemistry: A Short Introduction in Four Non-Mathematical Lectures. 1931. Nature. 127. 3197. 193–194. 1931Natur.127..193. . 41081016.
  3. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=The+Physical+Principles+of+the+Quantum+Theory&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C22&as_sdtp= The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory
  4. Book: Popper , Karl Raimund . Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics . Routledge . 1989 . New York . 60–63 . 9781135859442.
  5. Hargreves . J. . Reviewed Works: The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory by W. Heisenberg... . . 16 . 20 . 285–287 . October 1932 . English . 3605939 . 10.2307/3605939 .
  6. Compton . Arthur H. . Arthur Compton . Because World Is Not Wholly Reliable It Has Human Meaning . The Science News-Letter . 19 . 521 . 211–212 . April 4, 1931 . English . 3907165 . 10.2307/3907165 . (Book review)
  7. Heisenberg. W.. 1924. Über eine Abänderung der formalen Regeln der Quantentheorie beim Problem der anomalen Zeeman-Effekte. Zeitschrift für Physik. 26. 1. 291–307. 1924ZPhy...26..291H. 10.1007/BF01327336. 186215582. as cited in Mott . N. . Peierls . R. . 73128582 . Werner Heisenberg . Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 23 . November 1977 . 10.1098/rsbm.1977.0009 . 243.
  8. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1932/ The Nobel Prize in Physics 1932
  9. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1933/press.html 1933