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James Jeans, Report on Radiation and the Quantum-Theory (Minkowski Institute Press, Montreal), 128 pages. ISBN: 978-1-998902-67-5 (ebook) - $7.00 ISBN: 978-1-998902-66-8 (softcover) - $17.30 Edited by Vesselin Petkov Buy the ebook (PDF with hyperlinks) Published on 8 January 2024

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What makes the book valuable is that it is indeed a detailed report on the experiments and the ideas that led to the emergence of atomic physics and laid the foundations of quantum mechanics. It should be of interest to physicists, philosophers of physics, students and all interested in the origin of atomic physics and the old quantum theory.

Table of Contents

I Introductory: On the Need for a Quantum-Theory

II General Discussion of the Radiation Problem, according to the Classical Mechanics

III The Development of the Quantum-Theory

IV The Line Spectra of the Elements

V The Photo-electric Effect

VI The Specific Heat of Solids

VII On the Physical Basis for the Quantum-Theory

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