The lesser-known Albert Einstein : without a trace of relativity / Luis Navarro Veguillas.
2023
QC16.E5
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Title
The lesser-known Albert Einstein : without a trace of relativity / Luis Navarro Veguillas.
ISBN
9783031355684 (electronic bk.)
3031355687 (electronic bk.)
9783031355677
3031355679
3031355687 (electronic bk.)
9783031355677
3031355679
Published
Cham : Springer, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxii, 362 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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10.1007/978-3-031-35568-4 doi
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QC16.E5
Dewey Decimal Classification
530.092
Summary
This book highlights the numerous important contributions that Einstein made to physics--aside from his relativity theories--and places each of his achievements in the corresponding context, referring en route to the original sources. There are very few publications devoted to Einstein's work outside of relativity. This book aims to fill the gap by exploring the scope of Einstein's contributions on topics including molecular forces, thermostatistics, the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, molecular currents, critical opalescence, energy quanta, dual structure of radiation, introduction of the photon, and the formulation of the first quantum statistics. The book pays special attention to Einstein's scepticism toward certain ideas that came to light alongside Schrödinger's first formulation of wave mechanics in 1926, also addressing his doubts regarding the probabilistic interpretation of the quantum formalism, an issue closely connected with the hidden variable theories and their implications. The author discusses the early hidden variable theories, whose appearance was largely a result of Einstein's criticism of the orthodox interpretation of quantum formalism. Finally, in an appendix, the author explores the controversy about the possible contribution that Mileva Mari?, Albert Einstein's first wife, may have made to some of her husband's main scientific achievements.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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History of physics (Springer (Firm)) 2730-7557
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Table of Contents
THE SOWING (UNTIL 1905): The ANNUS MIRABILIS
THE FLOWERING (1906-1913): Einstein introduces himself to the scientific community
THE FIRST HARVEST (1914-1924): In Search of the Photon
THE LAST COLLECTION (1924-1925): FORMULATION OF THE FIRST QUANTUM STATISTICS
HETERODOX TO THE END: EPR, CATS AND entanglements
AN UNFINISHED STORY: BELL's INEQUALITIES, EXPERIMENTS AND LOOPHOLES.
THE FLOWERING (1906-1913): Einstein introduces himself to the scientific community
THE FIRST HARVEST (1914-1924): In Search of the Photon
THE LAST COLLECTION (1924-1925): FORMULATION OF THE FIRST QUANTUM STATISTICS
HETERODOX TO THE END: EPR, CATS AND entanglements
AN UNFINISHED STORY: BELL's INEQUALITIES, EXPERIMENTS AND LOOPHOLES.