The Tiger and the Shark: Empirical Roots of Wave-Particle Dualism

, by Bruce R. Wheaton , Foreword by Thomas S. Kuhn

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ISBN: 9780521358927 | 0521358922
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Copyright: 7/26/1991

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This study grew out of concerns first raised while I was a student of physics. This inadequacy of most textbook discussions of historical and epistemological issues led me back to original papers and then to the literature on history of science.

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Foreword Thomas S. Kuhn
Preface
Notes on sources
1. Introduction
Part II. The Introduction of Temporal Discontinuity, 1896-1905: 2. The electromagnetic impulse hypothesis of X-rays
3. The analogy between y-rays and X-rays
Part II. Ionization and the Recognition of Paradox, 1906-1910: 4. Secondary rays: British attempts to retain mechanism
5. The appeal in Germany to the quantum theory
Part III. Seeking an Electrodynamic Solution, 1907-1912: 6. Localized energy in spreading impulses
7. Problems with visible light
Part IV. Interference of X-Rays and the Corrobation of Paradox, 1912-1922: 8. Origins of X-ray spectroscopy
9. Quantum transformation experiments
Part V. The Conceptual Origins of Wave-Particle Dualism, 1921-1925: 10. Synthesis of matter and light
Epilogue: The tiger and the shark
Bibliography
Index.

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The Tiger and the Shark: Empirical Roots of Wave-Particle Dualism

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