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Physics World

Classical clues to the quantum world

Jeremy Butterfield

Published Aug 1, 1993• 0 citations
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Abstract

What a wonderful book. Olivier Darrigol has written a coherent, yet fascinatingly intricate, account of the development of quantum theory from 1900 to 1926.
DOI
10.1088/2058-7058/6/8/34

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