The quantum gamble [electronic resource] / Jan C.A. Boeyens

Foreword; Preface; Contents; 1 The Mysterious Quantum ; References; 2 The Cosmological Debate ; References; 3 What Happened … ; In Brussels?; In Copenhagen?; To Schrödinger?; Before the War?; After the War?; In Chemistry?; In Cosmology?; In Particle Physics?; To Quantum Theory?; References; 4 The Classical Basis; References; 5 Delicious Mysteries; References; 6 Non-classical Phenomena ; The Mathematical Model; The Physical Model; The Chemical Model; Electron Spin; Conclusion; References; 7 Non-linear Phenomena ; Non-Linear Quantum Chemistry; Hydrodynamics; Matter Waves

Nonlinear Chemical PhenomenaElectron Waves; Non-Linear Interactions; References; 8 Space, Time and Matter ; Particle Physics; Elementary Matter; Particle vs Wave; State of the Art; Mathematical Modelling; The Arrow of Time; Denouement; References; 9 Matter-Wave Mechanics ; Motion in Four Dimensions; Neutrino Physics; Historical Note; Back to Matter Waves; References; 10 Epilogue; References; A Quaternion Rotations ; B Separation of the Variables; C Broken Gauge Symmetry; D Projective Geometry; E Nucleogenesis ; Reference