02215cam a2200361 a 4500 9232 BD-RjUL 20211208234736.0 140120s1983 enka b 001 0 eng d 0521358922 (pbk.) 0521250986 (BD-RjUL)9277 (OCoLC)8975659 DLC eng DLC DLC LC ANL BD-RjUL eng 539 19 WHT 1983 Wheaton, Bruce R. 28643 The tiger and the shark : empirical roots of wave-particle dualism / by Bruce R. Wheaton ; with a foreword by Thomas S. Kuhn. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983. xxiv, 355 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [309]-346. Machine derived contents note: Foreword Thomas S. Kuhn -- Preface -- Notes on sources -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. 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. Wave-particle duality History. 28644 Radiation History. 28645 X-rays History. 28646 Gamma rays History. 28647 Quantum theory Wave-particle duality, 1896-1925 Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam022/82022069.html Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam023/82022069.html ddc BK 9232 9232 0 0 ddc 0 1 NFIC RUCL RUCL Stack 1986-01-04 Karim International 27.50 0 539 WHT 1983 2014-01-20 00:00:00 C-1 2014-01-20 BK