Story of Quantum Mechanics

1 THE SCIENCE OF MOTION Newtonian Mechanics The Experimental-Deterministic Philosophy The Twentieth Century 2 THE HISTORY OF ATOMISM Origins of the Atomic Concept The Chemical Atoms The Molecules of the Physicists The Coming of the Atomic Age 3 ATOMIC STRUCTURE "Size, Mass and Motion" Discovery of the Electron The Atom Models of Thomson and Rutherford The Bohr Atom Model 4 RADIANT ENERGY Light Waves Interference of Light Waves Light Particles The Bohr Theory of Atomic Radiation 5 CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAVE-PHOTON CONCEPT Waves and Particles Causality and Probability 6 MATTER WAVES A New Mechanics Particles and Waves Waves and Atoms 7 THE PRINCIPLE OF UNCERTAINTY Wave Packets Precision of Measurement Further Implications of Quantum Mechanics 8 APPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS The Particle in a Box Natural Radioactivity The Solid State Seeing with de Broglie Waves Out of the Atomic Substratum 9 ELEMENTARY PARTICLES Transmutation of Elements Particles and More Particles Discovering Particles Particle Accelerators Studying Particles 10 ORGANIZATION OF PARTICLES A Table of Particles The Leptons The Mesons The Baryons Antiparticles 11 PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS Forces Conservation Laws and Stability Conservation Laws and Probabilities Strangeness and Isotopic Spin Resonances Summary of Particle Experiments 12 IDEAS AND THEORIES Quantum Field Theory The Electrostatic Field The Strong-Force Field Action at a Distance 13 SYMMETRIES Symmetries and Conservation Laws The Nonconservation of Parity Group Theory Quarks 14 MORE THEORIES S-Matrix Theory Feynman Diagrams Particle Energy Levels Space and Time Summary of Particle Theories 15 PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW PHYSICS Science and Philosophy Spiritual Values in the Old and the New Physics 16 CAUSALITY Causality in Philosophy Causality in Classical Science 17 FREE WILL The Free Will Problem The Nature of the Will Free Will and Causality Ethical Problems 18 "DETERMINISM, FREE WILL AND THE NEW PHYSICS" Laplace versus the Uncertainty Principle Diverse Interpretations Criticisms GLOSSARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS FOR ADDITIONAL READING INDEX