The Lesser-Known Albert Einstein: Without a Trace of Relativity
Navarro Veguillas, Luis
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2023-10-18
- 售價: $4,680
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $4,446
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 362
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 3031355679
- ISBN-13: 9783031355677
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商品描述
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 Maric, Albert Einstein's first wife, may have made to some of her husband's main scientific achievements.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本書突顯了愛因斯坦在物理學上除了相對論理論之外的許多重要貢獻，並將他的每一項成就放置在相應的背景下，並參考原始資料來源。除了相對論之外，對於愛因斯坦的工作，幾乎沒有多少出版物。本書旨在填補這一空白，探索愛因斯坦在分子力、熱力學、光電效應、布朗運動、分子電流、臨界乳白現象、能量量子、輻射的雙重結構、光子的引入以及第一個量子統計的制定等主題上的貢獻範圍。本書特別關注愛因斯坦對於與舒密林格在1926年首次提出的波動力學相關的某些觀點的懷疑，並討論他對於量子形式主義的概率解釋的疑慮，這個問題與隱變量理論及其影響密切相關。作者討論了早期的隱變量理論，這些理論的出現在很大程度上是愛因斯坦對於量子形式主義正統解釋的批評的結果。最後，在附錄中，作者探討了關於愛因斯坦的第一任妻子米萊娃·馬里奇可能對丈夫的一些主要科學成就所做的可能貢獻的爭議。
作者簡介
Luis Navarro Veguillas (Madrid, 1939) obtained his Ph.D. in Physical Sciences from the University of Barcelona in 1965, where he has developed his academic career. Since 2009, he has been Emeritus professor at the University of Barcelona.
His teaching has mainly dealt with classical, quantum, and statistical mechanics. Since 1990, his interest has focused exclusively on the field of History of Physics. He has been Initiator and Lecturer in charge of this discipline since its creation in 1992, until his retirement in 2009.
As for his research activity, his initial publications were in the fields of classical mechanics, statistical mechanics, and quantum theory. He has published numerous papers in these fields, and he is the author of books such as Einstein, profeta y hereje (2009, second edition) and El desconocido Einstein (2020), both published by Tusquets Ed. in Spanish.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
路易斯·納瓦羅·韋吉亞斯（Luis Navarro Veguillas）（1939年出生於馬德里）於1965年在巴塞羅那大學獲得物理科學博士學位，並在該校發展了他的學術生涯。自2009年起，他成為巴塞羅那大學的名譽教授。
他的教學主要涉及古典力學、量子力學和統計力學。自1990年以來，他的興趣專注於物理學史領域。自1992年創立以來，他一直是這一學科的創始人和講師，直到2009年退休。
至於他的研究活動，他最初的出版物涉及古典力學、統計力學和量子理論。他在這些領域發表了許多論文，並且是《愛因斯坦，先知和異端》（2009年，第二版）和《未知的愛因斯坦》（2020年）等書籍的作者，這些書籍由Tusquets Ed.出版。
