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Pauli's Exclusion Principle: The Origin and Validation of a Scientific Principle
Contributor(s): Massimi, Michela (Author)
ISBN: 0521839114     ISBN-13: 9780521839112
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $152.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: August 2005
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Annotation: There is hardly another principle in physics with wider scope of applicability and more far-reaching consequences than Pauli's exclusion principle. This book explores the principle's origin in the atomic spectroscopy of the early 1920s, its subsequent embedding into quantum mechanics, and later experimental validation with the development of quantum chromodynamics. Reconstruction of the crucial historic episode provides an excellent foil to reconsider Kuhn's view on incommensurability. The variety of themes skillfully interwoven will appeal to philosophers, historians, scientists and anyone interested in philosophy.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Physics - Quantum Theory
- Science | History
Dewey: 530.133
LCCN: 2005296620
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.36" W x 9.28" (1.12 lbs) 226 pages