The Lesser-Known Albert Einstein: Without a Trace of Relativity (不為人知的愛因斯坦:無相對論的痕跡)

Navarro Veguillas, Luis

  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-10-18
  • 售價: $4,400
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$4,180
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 362
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 3031355709
  • ISBN-13: 9783031355707
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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 Maric, Albert Einstein's first wife, may have made to some of her husband's main scientific achievements.

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·維古利亞斯(Luis Navarro Veguillas,馬德里,1939年)於1965年在巴塞隆納大學獲得物理科學博士學位,並在該校發展其學術生涯。自2009年以來,他擔任巴塞隆納大學的名譽教授。

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史領域。自1992年該學科創立以來,他一直擔任該學科的發起人和講師,直到2009年退休。

至於他的研究活動,他最初的出版物集中在古典力學、統計力學和量子理論領域。他在這些領域發表了大量論文,並著有《愛因斯坦,先知與異端》(Einstein, profeta y hereje,2009年,第二版)和《未知的愛因斯坦》(El desconocido Einstein,2020年)等書籍,均由Tusquets Ed.出版。