Discontinuous Memory and the Making of Quantum Mechanics
Richard Staley
Book Review| October 01 2011 Discontinuous Memory and the Making of Quantum Mechanics Guido Bacciagaluppi and Antony Valentini. Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. xxv + 530 pp., illus., index. ISBN: 978-0-521-81421-8. $126.00 (hardcover).David C. Cassidy. Beyond Uncertainty: Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and the Bomb. New York: Bellevue Literary Press, 2008. 480 pp., illus., index. ISBN: 978-1-934137-13-0. $27.00 (hardcover).Suman Seth. Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890–1926. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2010. viii + 378 pp., illus., index. ISBN: 978-0-262-01373-4. $32.00 (hardcover). Richard Staley Richard Staley *Department of the History of Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 226 Bradley Memorial Building, 1225 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1528; rastaley@wisc.edu. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (2011) 41 (4): 447–456. https://doi.org/10.1525/hsns.2011.41.4.447 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Richard Staley; Discontinuous Memory and the Making of Quantum Mechanics. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences 1 October 2011; 41 (4): 447–456. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/hsns.2011.41.4.447 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentHistorical Studies in the Natural Sciences Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2011 by the Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Rights and Permissions website, http://www.ucpressjournals.com/reprintinfo.asp.2011 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
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